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Block (XTER:SQ3) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €0.53 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Block 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.

Block's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.148. 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 €0.53 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Block's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 70.60% 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 (2025-05-24), Block's current stock price is €51.40. Block's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.53. Block's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 96.98.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Block was 226.97. The lowest was 80.22. And the median was 159.93.


Block Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

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

Block Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
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Block 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 0.31 0.38 0.48 0.54 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Block's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Block'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.


Block's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Block 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, Block'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)
=0.148/134.9266*134.9266
=0.148

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Block Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.031 100.684 -0.042
201509 0.010 100.392 0.013
201512 0.028 99.792 0.038
201603 -0.059 100.470 -0.079
201606 -0.072 101.688 -0.096
201609 0.135 101.861 0.179
201612 -0.016 101.863 -0.021
201703 0.096 102.862 0.126
201706 0.093 103.349 0.121
201709 0.074 104.136 0.096
201712 -0.020 104.011 -0.026
201803 0.087 105.290 0.111
201806 0.008 106.317 0.010
201809 0.061 106.507 0.077
201812 0.324 105.998 0.412
201903 0.030 107.251 0.038
201906 0.254 108.070 0.317
201909 0.435 108.329 0.542
201912 -0.142 108.420 -0.177
202003 0.198 108.902 0.245
202006 -0.612 108.767 -0.759
202009 0.666 109.815 0.818
202012 -0.256 109.897 -0.314
202103 -0.391 111.754 -0.472
202106 0.386 114.631 0.454
202109 0.634 115.734 0.739
202112 0.302 117.630 0.346
202203 0.316 121.301 0.351
202206 -0.259 125.017 -0.280
202209 -0.035 125.227 -0.038
202212 -0.006 125.222 -0.006
202303 0.393 127.348 0.416
202306 0.127 128.729 0.133
202309 0.695 129.860 0.722
202312 -1.225 129.419 -1.277
202403 0.660 131.776 0.676
202406 0.705 132.554 0.718
202409 0.894 133.029 0.907
202412 -0.020 133.157 -0.020
202503 0.148 134.927 0.148

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


Block  (XTER:SQ3) 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=51.40/0.53
=96.98

* 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 Block was 226.97. The lowest was 80.22. And the median was 159.93.


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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Founded in 2009, Block provides payment services to merchants, along with related services. The company also launched Cash App, a person-to-person payment network. In 2024, Square's payment volume was almost USD 250 million.

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