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Mercury General (FRA:MCG) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €7.34 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Mercury General 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.

Mercury General's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.030. 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 €7.34 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Mercury General's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 12.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 11.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 14.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 8.60% 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 Mercury General was 21.80% per year. The lowest was -14.10% per year. And the median was 8.00% per year.

As of today (2024-06-05), Mercury General's current stock price is €50.50. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €7.34. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 6.88.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Mercury General was 21.55. The lowest was 3.88. And the median was 11.30.


Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercury General'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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Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Mercury General 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 4.04 4.35 5.68 6.57 6.93

Mercury General 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 6.38 6.62 7.00 6.93 7.34

Competitive Comparison of Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercury General'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.


Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Mercury General 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, Mercury General'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)
=3.03/131.7762*131.7762
=3.030

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Mercury General Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.980 100.560 1.284
201409 0.881 100.428 1.156
201412 0.616 99.070 0.819
201503 0.093 99.621 0.123
201506 0.910 100.684 1.191
201509 1.137 100.392 1.492
201512 0.628 99.792 0.829
201603 0.735 100.470 0.964
201606 0.831 101.688 1.077
201609 1.676 101.861 2.168
201612 1.265 101.863 1.636
201703 1.197 102.862 1.533
201706 1.502 103.349 1.915
201709 1.486 104.136 1.880
201712 0.913 104.011 1.157
201803 1.057 105.290 1.323
201806 1.528 106.317 1.894
201809 2.069 106.507 2.560
201812 0.809 105.998 1.006
201903 2.658 107.251 3.266
201906 1.255 108.070 1.530
201909 2.247 108.329 2.733
201912 1.590 108.420 1.933
202003 1.420 108.902 1.718
202006 2.454 108.767 2.973
202009 2.664 109.815 3.197
202012 2.260 109.897 2.710
202103 2.527 111.754 2.980
202106 1.991 114.631 2.289
202109 1.521 115.734 1.732
202112 0.985 117.630 1.103
202203 1.612 121.301 1.751
202206 1.359 125.017 1.432
202209 1.486 125.227 1.564
202212 0.985 125.222 1.037
202303 0.160 127.348 0.166
202306 1.280 128.729 1.310
202309 1.935 129.860 1.964
202312 3.569 129.419 3.634
202403 3.030 131.776 3.030

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


Mercury General  (FRA:MCG) 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.

Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=50.50/7.34
=6.88

* 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 Mercury General was 21.55. The lowest was 3.88. And the median was 11.30.


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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Mercury General (FRA:MCG) Business Description

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4484 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90010
Mercury General Corp is an insurance holding company operating in the property-casualty market, where it focuses on low-cost auto insurance for individuals, with operations in nearly 13 United States of America states. However, its business--about 75% of premiums--comes from California, where it was established by George Joseph, the current company chairman, and majority owner. Its insurance is distributed exclusively through independent agents.

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