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Atco (ACLLF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.53 (As of May. 02, 2024)


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What is Atco Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-02), Atco's current share price is $27.35. Atco's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.56. Atco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.53.

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

ACLLF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.56   Med: 30   Max: 154.84
Current: 17.9

During the past years, Atco's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 154.84. The lowest was 17.56. And the median was 30.00.

ACLLF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
51.71% of 234 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 17.255 vs ACLLF: 17.90

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.

Atco's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.820. 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 $1.56 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Atco Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Atco Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 34.89 18.72

Atco Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 34.89 32.24 26.41 21.46 18.72

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

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Atco'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.


Atco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Atco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Atco 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=27.35/1.56
=17.53

* 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.

Atco's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Atco's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.82/125.4675*125.4675
=0.820

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Atco Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.210 98.604 -0.267
201406 -1.239 99.473 -1.563
201409 -1.328 99.394 -1.676
201412 -1.991 98.367 -2.540
201503 0.920 99.789 1.157
201506 -0.385 100.500 -0.481
201509 0.216 100.421 0.270
201512 -1.286 99.947 -1.614
201603 0.552 101.054 0.685
201606 -0.020 102.002 -0.025
201609 1.289 101.765 1.589
201612 0.536 101.449 0.663
201703 2.102 102.634 2.570
201706 -0.105 103.029 -0.128
201709 -1.050 103.345 -1.275
201712 -1.071 103.345 -1.300
201803 0.094 105.004 0.112
201806 -1.559 105.557 -1.853
201809 -0.314 105.636 -0.373
201812 0.214 105.399 0.255
201903 0.808 106.979 0.948
201906 0.301 107.690 0.351
201909 0.704 107.611 0.821
201912 0.417 107.769 0.485
202003 1.761 107.927 2.047
202006 1.499 108.401 1.735
202009 0.633 108.164 0.734
202012 1.388 108.559 1.604
202103 2.077 110.298 2.363
202106 -0.465 111.720 -0.522
202109 0.497 112.905 0.552
202112 1.448 113.774 1.597
202203 2.678 117.646 2.856
202206 1.617 120.806 1.679
202209 0.033 120.648 0.034
202212 1.182 120.964 1.226
202303 1.296 122.702 1.325
202306 -0.046 124.203 -0.046
202309 0.528 125.230 0.529
202312 0.820 125.468 0.820

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.


Atco  (OTCPK:ACLLF) 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.


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Atco (ACLLF) Business Description

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Address
5302 Forand Street SW, 4th Floor, West Building, Calgary, AB, CAN, T3E 8B4
Atco Ltd is a Canadian holding company that offers gas, electric, and infrastructure solutions. The largest subsidiary of the company is Canadian utilities, which operates natural gas, electricity, and logistical services. Atco's primary segments include Structures and Logistics; Utilities; Energy Infrastructure; Neltume Ports and Corporate and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Utilities segment. Geographically, it derives most of its revenue from Canada.

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