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Cosan (BSP:CSAN3) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 4.64 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Cosan Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Cosan's current share price is R$8.31. Cosan's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was R$1.79. Cosan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 4.64.

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

BSP:CSAN3' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.93   Med: 21.01   Max: 34.24
Current: 4.65

During the past years, Cosan's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 34.24. The lowest was 3.93. And the median was 21.01.

BSP:CSAN3's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
80.89% of 403 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 12.8 vs BSP:CSAN3: 4.65

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.

Cosan's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$-0.299. 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 R$1.79 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Cosan Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Cosan 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 23.01 23.22 14.01 13.48 4.55

Cosan 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 11.00 8.35 7.76 4.55 4.14

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

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Cosan'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.


Cosan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Cosan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Cosan 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=8.31/1.79
=4.64

* 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.

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

For example, Cosan'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)
=-0.299/168.1016*168.1016
=-0.299

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 168.1016.

Cosan Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.286 100.006 0.481
201509 0.245 101.392 0.406
201512 0.143 104.247 0.231
201603 0.127 106.979 0.200
201606 0.295 108.851 0.456
201609 0.353 109.986 0.540
201612 0.275 110.802 0.417
201703 0.219 111.869 0.329
201706 0.231 112.115 0.346
201709 0.273 112.777 0.407
201712 0.119 114.068 0.175
201803 0.867 114.868 1.269
201806 0.114 117.038 0.164
201809 0.255 117.881 0.364
201812 0.031 118.340 0.044
201903 0.055 120.124 0.077
201906 0.286 120.977 0.397
201909 0.489 121.292 0.678
201912 0.848 123.436 1.155
202003 -0.190 124.092 -0.257
202006 0.391 123.557 0.532
202009 0.261 125.095 0.351
202012 0.350 129.012 0.456
202103 0.216 131.660 0.276
202106 0.316 133.871 0.397
202109 0.054 137.913 0.066
202112 -0.370 141.992 -0.438
202203 0.120 146.537 0.138
202206 0.743 149.784 0.834
202209 1.429 147.800 1.625
202212 0.611 150.207 0.684
202303 0.165 153.352 0.181
202306 0.982 154.519 1.068
202309 0.918 155.464 0.993
202312 0.140 157.148 0.150
202403 0.220 159.372 0.232
202406 1.341 161.052 1.400
202409 0.689 162.342 0.713
202412 0.615 164.740 0.628
202503 -0.299 168.102 -0.299

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.


Cosan  (BSP:CSAN3) 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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Cosan SA engages in several services throughout the energy and logistics sectors. Its reportable segments are Raizen, Compass, Moove, Rumo, and Radar. It generates the majority of its revenue from Raizen which operates in the production, commercialization, origination, and trading of ethanol, bioenergy, resale, and trading of electricity, renewable sources, marketing, origination, and trading of sugar and fuels, and lubricant.

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