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AAR (AIR) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 224.50 (As of Apr. 29, 2025)


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What is AAR Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-04-29), AAR's current share price is $53.88. AAR's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $0.24. AAR's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 224.50.

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

AIR' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.66   Med: 54.44   Max: 335.86
Current: 227.04

During the past years, AAR's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 335.86. The lowest was 19.66. And the median was 54.44.

AIR's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
90.82% of 98 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 40.945 vs AIR: 227.04

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.

AAR's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $-0.768. 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 $0.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2025.

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AAR Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

AAR Annual Data
Trend May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 45.44 52.91 47.65 76.89 232.44

AAR Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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 143.13 232.44 317.22 323.46 275.98

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, AAR'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.


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

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

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


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AAR 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=53.88/0.24
=224.50

* 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.

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

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Feb. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2025)
=-0.768/134.6241*134.6241
=-0.768

Current CPI (Feb. 2025) = 134.6241.

AAR Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201505 -1.841 100.333 -2.470
201508 -2.242 100.548 -3.002
201511 0.925 100.135 1.244
201602 -1.215 100.040 -1.635
201605 2.347 101.355 3.117
201608 -0.308 101.617 -0.408
201611 -0.282 101.829 -0.373
201702 -0.327 102.779 -0.428
201705 0.813 103.256 1.060
201708 -0.762 103.587 -0.990
201711 0.081 104.072 0.105
201802 1.101 105.052 1.411
201805 0.797 106.148 1.011
201808 -0.889 106.383 -1.125
201811 -0.351 106.338 -0.444
201902 1.596 106.649 2.015
201905 1.092 108.048 1.361
201908 -1.054 108.245 -1.311
201911 0.251 108.519 0.311
202002 0.026 109.139 0.032
202005 -0.934 108.175 -1.162
202008 1.017 109.662 1.248
202011 0.683 109.793 0.837
202102 0.408 110.968 0.495
202105 0.559 113.576 0.663
202108 0.020 115.421 0.023
202111 0.351 117.269 0.403
202202 0.328 119.703 0.369
202205 0.902 123.323 0.985
202208 0.003 124.958 0.003
202211 -1.504 125.607 -1.612
202302 0.223 126.928 0.237
202305 1.079 128.314 1.132
202308 -0.792 129.538 -0.823
202311 0.286 129.548 0.297
202402 0.415 130.930 0.427
202405 0.476 132.509 0.484
202408 -0.744 132.816 -0.754
202411 0.389 133.110 0.393
202502 -0.768 134.624 -0.768

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.


AAR  (NYSE:AIR) 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.


AAR Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms

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AAR Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1100 N. Wood Dale Road, One AAR Place, Wood Dale, IL, USA, 60191
AAR Corp is engaged in providing products and services to aviation, government, and defense market. It operates in three segments namely Parts Supply, Repair & Engineering, and Integrated Solutions. The parts supply segment majorly consists of sales and leasing of USM and aftermarket distribution of new, OEM-supplied replacement parts. Repair & Engineering segment provides airframe maintenance, component repair, and landing gear overhaul services. Integrated Solutions segment majorly consists of its fleet management and operations of customer-owned aircraft, customized performance-based supply chain logistics programs in support of the U.S. Department of Defense and foreign governments, flight hour component inventory and repair programs for commercial airlines.
Executives
Holmes John Mcclain Iii officer: Group Vice President 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Christopher A. Jessup officer: Vice President-CCO 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Jessica A. Garascia officer: Vice President and Secretary 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Sean M. Gillen officer: VP-CFO 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Eric Pachapa officer: VP, Controller and CAO 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Peter Pace director C/O AAR CORP., 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Billy Nolen director 1100 N WOOD DALE RD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Tracey Patterson officer: Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 1100 N WOOD DALE RD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Jennifer L Vogel director C/O AAR CORP., 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
John W Dietrich director
Anthony Anderson director 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Gilbertson H John Jr director 3005 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL 60515
David P Storch director, officer: President, CEO & Director C/O AAR CORP, 1111 NICHOLAS BLVD, 1111 NICHOLAS BLVD IL 60007
Michael Ross Boyce director 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Ellen M. Lord director 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191