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Berkshire Hathaway (FRA:BRH) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €16,298.20 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €3,946.602. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €16,298.20 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Berkshire Hathaway's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 7.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 10.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 10.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 11.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Berkshire Hathaway was 28.50% per year. The lowest was 3.00% per year. And the median was 10.60% per year.

As of today (2024-05-16), Berkshire Hathaway's current stock price is €572500.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €16,298.20. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 35.13.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Berkshire Hathaway was 36.64. The lowest was 20.97. And the median was 28.79.


Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10,566.10 10,365.70 12,909.60 15,045.70 15,944.70

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15,064.70 15,570.40 16,499.00 15,944.70 16,298.20

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=3946.602/129.4194*129.4194
=3,946.602

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1,614.365 100.560 2,077.677
201409 3,894.169 100.428 5,018.342
201412 1,401.850 99.070 1,831.302
201503 1,414.963 99.621 1,838.202
201506 2,489.702 100.684 3,200.271
201509 2,844.367 100.392 3,666.807
201512 1,708.050 99.792 2,215.147
201603 2,520.194 100.470 3,246.349
201606 2,441.004 101.688 3,106.689
201609 3,548.825 101.861 4,508.956
201612 2,320.985 101.863 2,948.876
201703 9,065.633 102.862 11,406.219
201706 2,993.538 103.349 3,748.672
201709 3,883.881 104.136 4,826.875
201712 2,533.459 104.011 3,152.344
201803 2,448.776 105.290 3,009.978
201806 2,495.149 106.317 3,037.344
201809 3,520.268 106.507 4,277.580
201812 3,398.229 105.998 4,149.108
201903 2,388.421 107.251 2,882.113
201906 3,025.239 108.070 3,622.897
201909 3,033.710 108.329 3,624.325
201912 4,000.799 108.420 4,775.692
202003 2,135.644 108.902 2,538.016
202006 4,103.419 108.767 4,882.552
202009 4,510.881 109.815 5,316.178
202012 3,721.965 109.897 4,383.153
202103 3,718.904 111.754 4,306.751
202106 3,881.888 114.631 4,382.670
202109 4,799.135 115.734 5,366.613
202112 2,246.172 117.630 2,471.304
202203 2,299.856 121.301 2,453.780
202206 3,079.162 125.017 3,187.598
202209 5,237.955 125.227 5,413.335
202212 3,712.766 125.222 3,837.223
202303 3,194.588 127.348 3,246.555
202306 4,932.639 128.729 4,959.105
202309 5,417.375 129.860 5,399.015
202312 5,523.606 129.419 5,523.606
202403 3,946.602 129.419 3,946.602

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Berkshire Hathaway  (FRA:BRH) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=572500.00/16298.2
=35.13

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Berkshire Hathaway was 36.64. The lowest was 20.97. And the median was 28.79.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Berkshire Hathaway (FRA:BRH) Business Description

Address
3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68131
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the firms that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire's largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.

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