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JWN (Nordstrom) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 7.88 (As of Jul. 13, 2025)


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What is Nordstrom Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-13), Nordstrom's current share price is $24.66. Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $3.13. Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 7.88.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

JWN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.36   Med: 9.37   Max: 32.69
Current: 7.88

During the past years, Nordstrom's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 32.69. The lowest was 3.36. And the median was 9.37.

JWN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
67.65% of 442 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 13.405 vs JWN: 7.88

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.

Nordstrom's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $4.092. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $3.13 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Nordstrom Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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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Nordstrom Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Nordstrom Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.66 7.55 6.34 6.36 7.73

Nordstrom Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 6.36 6.55 7.34 7.48 7.73

Competitive Comparison of Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Department Stores subindustry, Nordstrom'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.


Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Nordstrom Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=24.66/3.13
=7.88

* 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.

Nordstrom's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Nordstrom's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=4.092/134.0288*134.0288
=4.092

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Nordstrom Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 -0.262 99.824 -0.352
201507 -0.284 100.691 -0.378
201510 5.196 100.346 6.940
201601 2.765 99.957 3.707
201604 -0.165 100.947 -0.219
201607 2.735 101.524 3.611
201610 -1.130 101.988 -1.485
201701 3.183 102.456 4.164
201704 -0.378 103.167 -0.491
201707 1.763 103.278 2.288
201710 -1.019 104.070 -1.312
201801 3.593 104.578 4.605
201804 -0.922 105.708 -1.169
201807 2.830 106.324 3.567
201810 -0.650 106.695 -0.817
201901 2.569 106.200 3.242
201904 -1.793 107.818 -2.229
201907 3.162 108.250 3.915
201910 -2.465 108.577 -3.043
202001 3.019 108.841 3.718
202004 -5.812 108.173 -7.201
202007 0.573 109.318 0.703
202010 0.455 109.861 0.555
202101 0.089 110.364 0.108
202104 -3.091 112.673 -3.677
202107 5.025 115.183 5.847
202110 -2.535 116.696 -2.912
202201 1.633 118.619 1.845
202204 0.559 121.978 0.614
202207 0.411 125.002 0.441
202210 -1.524 125.734 -1.625
202301 3.455 126.223 3.669
202304 -0.560 127.992 -0.586
202307 2.022 128.974 2.101
202310 -3.105 129.810 -3.206
202401 1.892 130.124 1.949
202404 0.294 132.289 0.298
202407 1.635 132.708 1.651
202410 -1.614 133.182 -1.624
202501 4.092 134.029 4.092

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


Nordstrom  (NYSE:JWN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


Nordstrom Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms

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Nordstrom Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1617 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA, 98101
Nordstrom is a fashion retailer that operates about 93 department stores and 280 off-price Nordstrom Rack stores. The company also operates both full- and off-price e-commerce sites, two clearance stores, and six Local locations. Nordstrom's largest merchandise categories are women's apparel (27% of 2023 sales), shoes (26% of 2023 sales), men's apparel (15% of 2023 sales), and beauty (13% of 2023 sales). Nordstrom, which traces its history to a shoe store opened in Seattle in 1901, continues to be partially owned and managed by members of the eponymous family. They have partnered with Mexican retailer El Puerto de Liverpool to acquire the company.
Executives
Alexis Depree officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Gemma Lionello officer: Executive Vice President C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Guy Persaud director C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Fanya Chandler officer: President, Nordstrom Stores C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Teri Bariquit officer: Executive Vice President C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Cathy R Smith officer: Chief Financial Officer TARGET CORPORATION, 1000 NICOLLET MALL, TPS-3155, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Jason Morris officer: CTIO C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATLE WA 98101
Eric D Sprunk director ONE BOWERMAN DRIVE, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Ken Worzel officer: Executive Vice President C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Atticus Nathaniel Tysen director C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Anne L Bramman officer: Chief Financial Officer 207 GOODE AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91203
Amie Thuener O'toole director C/O ALPHABET INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Peter E Nordstrom officer: Executive Vice President C/O NORDSTROM INC, 1617 SIXTH AVE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Bradley D Tilden director NORDSTROM, INC. ATTN: CORP. SEC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Farrell B. Redwine officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101