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Northrop Grumman (WBO:NOCO) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €14.10 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Northrop Grumman 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.

Northrop Grumman's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-11.625. 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 €14.10 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Northrop Grumman's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 3.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 5.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 7.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 9.10% 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 Northrop Grumman was 52.60% per year. The lowest was -34.70% per year. And the median was 8.80% per year.

As of today (2025-05-25), Northrop Grumman's current stock price is €415.50. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €14.10. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 29.47.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Northrop Grumman was 41.87. The lowest was 23.46. And the median was 31.04.


Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

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

Northrop Grumman Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.76 11.93 13.24 13.39 15.11

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 13.68 14.25 13.70 15.11 14.10

Competitive Comparison of Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Northrop Grumman'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.


Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Northrop Grumman 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, Northrop Grumman'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)
=-11.625/134.9266*134.9266
=-11.625

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 2.351 100.684 3.151
201509 2.158 100.392 2.900
201512 7.448 99.792 10.070
201603 -1.753 100.470 -2.354
201606 2.113 101.688 2.804
201609 2.982 101.861 3.950
201612 6.510 101.863 8.623
201703 -3.478 102.862 -4.562
201706 1.471 103.349 1.920
201709 3.451 104.136 4.471
201712 6.395 104.011 8.296
201803 -2.506 105.290 -3.211
201806 3.299 106.317 4.187
201809 2.597 106.507 3.290
201812 9.736 105.998 12.393
201903 -6.206 107.251 -7.807
201906 7.042 108.070 8.792
201909 4.714 108.329 5.871
201912 10.607 108.420 13.200
202003 -6.798 108.902 -8.423
202006 10.977 108.767 13.617
202009 5.440 109.815 6.684
202012 4.962 109.897 6.092
202103 -1.392 111.754 -1.681
202106 4.101 114.631 4.827
202109 4.854 115.734 5.659
202112 3.966 117.630 4.549
202203 -4.244 121.301 -4.721
202206 -2.789 125.017 -3.010
202209 6.757 125.227 7.280
202212 9.879 125.222 10.645
202303 -6.164 127.348 -6.531
202306 3.730 128.729 3.910
202309 5.368 129.860 5.577
202312 9.894 129.419 10.315
202403 -6.014 131.776 -6.158
202406 6.950 132.554 7.074
202409 4.490 133.029 4.554
202412 11.541 133.157 11.694
202503 -11.625 134.927 -11.625

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


Northrop Grumman  (WBO:NOCO) 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=415.50/14.10
=29.47

* 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 Northrop Grumman was 41.87. The lowest was 23.46. And the median was 31.04.


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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Northrop Grumman Business Description

Address
2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA, USA, 22042
Northrop Grumman Corp is a diversified company which is aligned in four operating sectors, which also comprise our reportable segments namely Aeronautics Systems, Defense Systems, Mission Systems and Space Systems. The aerospace segment designs and builds military aircraft, including the F-35, Global Hawk drones, and the B-21 bomber. Defense systems develops artillery, missile systems, and missile defense technologies. Mission systems focuses on radar, navigation, and communication systems, while space systems manufactures satellites, sensors, and rocket motors.

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