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ACNT (Ascent Industries Co) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.35 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Ascent Industries Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-03), Ascent Industries Co's current share price is $13.01. Ascent Industries Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.75. Ascent Industries Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.35.

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

ACNT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.85   Med: 57.35   Max: 587.5
Current: 17.35

During the past years, Ascent Industries Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 587.50. The lowest was 11.85. And the median was 57.35.

ACNT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
67.09% of 237 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 10.43 vs ACNT: 17.35

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.

Ascent Industries Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.101. 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 $0.75 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Ascent Industries Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ascent Industries Co'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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Ascent Industries Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Ascent Industries Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 75.49 27.94 13.28 20.35

Ascent Industries Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 15.76 14.61 18.56 20.35 16.95

Competitive Comparison of Ascent Industries Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Steel subindustry, Ascent Industries Co'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.


Ascent Industries Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Ascent Industries Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Ascent Industries Co 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.

Ascent Industries Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=13.01/0.75
=17.35

* 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.

Ascent Industries Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Ascent Industries Co'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)
=-0.101/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.101

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Ascent Industries Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.259 100.684 1.687
201509 0.056 100.392 0.075
201512 0.814 99.792 1.101
201603 -0.337 100.470 -0.453
201606 0.329 101.688 0.437
201609 -0.427 101.861 -0.566
201612 0.257 101.863 0.340
201703 -0.926 102.862 -1.215
201706 -0.039 103.349 -0.051
201709 0.308 104.136 0.399
201712 0.304 104.011 0.394
201803 -0.847 105.290 -1.085
201806 -2.164 106.317 -2.746
201809 -0.280 106.507 -0.355
201812 -1.097 105.998 -1.396
201903 0.575 107.251 0.723
201906 0.692 108.070 0.864
201909 0.416 108.329 0.518
201912 0.999 108.420 1.243
202003 -0.135 108.902 -0.167
202006 -0.101 108.767 -0.125
202009 0.581 109.815 0.714
202012 1.189 109.897 1.460
202103 -0.109 111.754 -0.132
202106 0.584 114.631 0.687
202109 1.169 115.734 1.363
202112 0.218 117.630 0.250
202203 -0.070 121.301 -0.078
202206 0.156 125.017 0.168
202209 -0.267 125.227 -0.288
202212 0.390 125.222 0.420
202303 1.262 127.348 1.337
202306 0.397 128.729 0.416
202309 0.225 129.860 0.234
202312 0.107 129.419 0.112
202403 0.002 131.776 0.002
202406 0.161 132.554 0.164
202409 0.288 133.029 0.292
202412 0.814 133.157 0.825
202503 -0.101 134.927 -0.101

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.


Ascent Industries Co  (NAS:ACNT) 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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Ascent Industries Co Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
20 N. Martingale Road, Suite 430, Schaumburg, IL, USA, 60523
Ascent Industries Co is engaged in the chemical and metal industry. The group operates into two reportable segments namely the Specialty Chemicals and Tubular Products. The Tubular Products segment serves markets through pipe and tube and customers in the appliance, architectural, automotive, and commercial transportation, brewery, chemical, petrochemical, and other industries. The Specialty Chemicals segment produces specialty products for pulp and paper, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE), textile, automotive, household, and other industries. It manufactures welded pipe and tube, majorly from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys. The company also produces specialty chemicals and dyes used in various end markets.
Executives
Christopher Gerald Hutter director 1400 16TH STREET, SUITE 250, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Privet Fund Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 2670, Atlanta GA 30305
Zuppo John Robert Iii other: Exec VP - Synalloy Chemicals 6095 OLD BRICK STORE RD, GREENSBORO NC 27455
William Steckel officer: Chief Financial Officer 2972 STENDER WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Benjamin L Rosenzweig director 50 OLD IVY ROAD SUITE 230, ATLANTA GA 30342
Mazzaferro Aldo John Jr director 15 MIDWOOD ROAD, STONY BROOK NY 11790
Henry L Guy director 89 SUMMIT AVENUE, SECOND FLOOR, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Aaron M Tam officer: Chief Financial Officer 4510 COX ROAD, SUITE 201, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
John Schauerman director 26000 COMMERCENTRE DR., LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Tackett Glenn Douglas Jr officer: Chief Legal Officer 4510 COX ROAD, SUITE 201, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
David James Kuzy other: EVP - Synalloy Chemicals 639 S. MAIN STREET, NAPERVILLE IL 60540
Timothy J Lynch other: Exec VP - Synalloy Metals 13601 PERDIDO KEY DRIVE, UNIT 12 C, PENSACOLA FL 32507
Sarah M Cunningham officer: VP Corporate Adinistration 14519 AUGUSTA LANE, ASHLAND X1 23005
Maria Haughton Roberson other: President, ASTI 129 HONEYCUTT ROAD, TROUTMAN NC 28166
Anthony A Callander director PO BOX 5627, SPARTANBURG SC 29304