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Apple (WAR:AAPL) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : zł20.13 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Apple 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.

Apple's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was zł5.016. 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 zł20.13 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Apple's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 8.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 16.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 18.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 19.20% 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 Apple was 71.00% per year. The lowest was -20.60% per year. And the median was 26.00% per year.

As of today (2025-06-27), Apple's current stock price is zł727.90. Apple's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was zł20.13. Apple's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 36.16.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Apple was 55.56. The lowest was 17.54. And the median was 33.43.


Apple Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

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

Apple Annual Data
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Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
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Apple Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Apple's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Apple'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.


Apple's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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


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Apple 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, Apple's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=5.016/134.9266*134.9266
=5.016

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Apple Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 2.020 100.684 2.707
201509 1.562 100.392 2.099
201512 3.792 99.792 5.127
201603 1.469 100.470 1.973
201606 1.277 101.688 1.694
201609 2.231 101.861 2.955
201612 4.041 101.863 5.353
201703 1.664 102.862 2.183
201706 1.105 103.349 1.443
201709 2.073 104.136 2.686
201712 4.467 104.011 5.795
201803 1.951 105.290 2.500
201806 2.059 106.317 2.613
201809 3.074 106.507 3.894
201812 4.420 105.998 5.626
201903 1.691 107.251 2.127
201906 1.894 108.070 2.365
201909 3.427 108.329 4.268
201912 5.767 108.420 7.177
202003 2.352 108.902 2.914
202006 3.054 108.767 3.789
202009 3.939 109.815 4.840
202012 7.453 109.897 9.150
202103 4.639 111.754 5.601
202106 4.095 114.631 4.820
202109 3.691 115.734 4.303
202112 9.669 117.630 11.091
202203 5.656 121.301 6.291
202206 4.624 125.017 4.991
202209 4.676 125.227 5.038
202212 6.850 125.222 7.381
202303 5.853 127.348 6.201
202306 5.568 128.729 5.836
202309 4.485 129.860 4.660
202312 8.708 129.419 9.079
202403 4.840 131.776 4.956
202406 6.294 132.554 6.407
202409 5.672 133.029 5.753
202412 6.444 133.157 6.530
202503 5.016 134.927 5.016

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


Apple  (WAR:AAPL) 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=727.90/20.13
=36.16

* 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 Apple was 55.56. The lowest was 17.54. And the median was 33.43.


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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