LITE (Lumentum Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share: $2.69 (As of Mar. 2026)


LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE
61 GF Score
Price $802.01
GF Value $97.29
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 4 Warning Signs
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What is Lumentum Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Lumentum Holdings LITE +2.07% 61 Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is $2.69 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates LITE with a GF Score™ of 61/100 and a GF Value™ of $97.29 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review.

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.

Lumentum Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.822. 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 $2.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2026.

During the past 12 months, Lumentum Holdings's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 7.60% 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.

As of today (2026-07-11), Lumentum Holdings's current stock price is $802.01. Lumentum Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $2.69. Lumentum Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 298.14.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Lumentum Holdings was 360.86. The lowest was 13.82. And the median was 31.20.


Lumentum Holdings  (NAS:LITE) 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.

Lumentum Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=802.01/2.69
=298.14

* 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 Lumentum Holdings was 360.86. The lowest was 13.82. And the median was 31.20.


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.


Lumentum Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Related Terms


Lumentum Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Lumentum Holdings'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.

Lumentum Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Lumentum Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24 Jun25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
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Lumentum Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
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LITE vs MSI, CIEN, HPE: Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Lumentum Holdings'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.


Lumentum Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF vs Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Lumentum Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Lumentum Holdings 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, Lumentum Holdings's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2026)
=0.822/330.2130*330.2130
=0.822

Current CPI (Mar. 2026) = 330.2130.

Lumentum Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201606 -0.093 241.018 -0.127
201609 0.124 241.428 0.170
201612 -0.258 241.432 -0.353
201703 -0.316 243.801 -0.428
201706 -0.408 244.955 -0.550
201709 -0.361 246.819 -0.483
201712 1.361 246.524 1.823
201803 1.144 249.554 1.514
201806 0.272 251.989 0.356
201809 0.432 252.439 0.565
201812 1.152 251.233 1.514
201903 0.213 254.202 0.277
201906 0.550 256.143 0.709
201909 0.848 256.759 1.091
201912 1.751 256.974 2.250
202003 1.733 258.115 2.217
202006 1.314 257.797 1.683
202009 1.003 260.280 1.272
202012 1.330 260.474 1.686
202103 4.614 264.877 5.752
202106 1.360 271.696 1.653
202109 0.584 274.310 0.703
202112 2.396 278.802 2.838
202203 0.779 287.504 0.895
202206 1.199 296.311 1.336
202209 -0.031 296.808 -0.034
202212 0.805 296.797 0.896
202303 -0.211 301.836 -0.231
202306 0.189 305.109 0.205
202309 -0.946 307.789 -1.015
202312 -0.484 306.746 -0.521
202403 -0.409 312.332 -0.432
202406 0.161 314.175 0.169
202409 -0.505 315.301 -0.529
202412 -0.231 315.605 -0.242
202503 -0.929 319.799 -0.959
202506 0.140 322.561 0.143
202509 -0.234 324.800 -0.238
202512 0.491 324.054 0.500
202603 0.822 330.213 0.822

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

What does a Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of $2.69 mean?
Lumentum Holdings (LITE) has a Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of $2.69 as of Mar. 2026. Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share represents the company's inflation-adjusted FCF per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on Lumentum Holdings and its competitors.
Is Lumentum Holdings' Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share too high?
Lumentum Holdings' current Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is $2.69. Overall, Lumentum Holdings has a GF Score™ of 61/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Lumentum Holdings' Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share compare to MSI and CIEN?
Lumentum Holdings' Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of $2.69 can be compared against companies in the Hardware industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for a Hardware company?
A good Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share depends on the Hardware industry context. However, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share mean?
A high Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share represents the company's inflation-adjusted FCF per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on Lumentum Holdings and its competitors. Lumentum Holdings's current Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is $2.69. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Lumentum Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Lumentum Holdings (LITE) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $97.29, compared to a current price of $802.01 — trading 724.3% above its estimated fair value. The current Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is $2.69. Lumentum Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 61/100 with 4 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share calculated?
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Lumentum Holdings (LITE), the current Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is $2.69 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Lumentum Holdings (LITE) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Lumentum Holdings stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $802.01 is trading 724.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of $97.29. GuruFocus considers Lumentum Holdings to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for LITE:

  • Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share: $2.69
  • GF Value™: $97.29 vs. price of $802.01 (724.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 61/100 with 4 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the LITE stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Lumentum Holdings Business Description

Address 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
Lumentum Holdings Inc is a California-based technology firm. The company provides two types of optical and photonic products: optical components that are used in telecommunications networking equipment, and commercial lasers for manufacturing, inspection, and life-science lab uses. Its segments are Optical Communications and Commercial Lasers. The firm is also expanding into new optical applications, such as 3-D sensing laser diode for consumer electronics. It generates maximum revenue from the OpComms segment. The OpComms segment products include a wide range of components, modules, and subsystems to support customers including carrier networks for access (local), metro (intracity), long-haul, and submarine (undersea) applications.
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