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Basf SE (BUE:BAS GR) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 11.89 (As of Jul. 17, 2025)


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What is Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-17), Basf SE's current share price is ARS7253.00. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS610.01. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 11.89.

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

BUE:BAS GR' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.91   Med: 16.59   Max: 26.57
Current: 10.89

During the past years, Basf SE's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 26.57. The lowest was 9.91. And the median was 16.59.

BUE:BAS GR's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
73.1% of 565 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.97 vs BUE:BAS GR: 10.89

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.

Basf SE's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS-1,160.837. 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 ARS610.01 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Basf SE 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 17.20 15.94 11.01 11.54 10.13

Basf SE 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 13.22 10.97 11.66 10.13 11.90

Competitive Comparison of Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Chemicals subindustry, Basf SE'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.


Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Basf SE 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=7253.00/610.01
=11.89

* 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.

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

For example, Basf SE'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)
=-1160.837/127.7792*127.7792
=-1,160.837

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 127.7792.

Basf SE Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 6.584 100.417 8.378
201509 10.342 100.417 13.160
201512 -3.599 99.717 -4.612
201603 0.398 100.017 0.508
201606 11.244 100.717 14.265
201609 14.310 101.017 18.101
201612 5.838 101.217 7.370
201703 0.592 101.417 0.746
201706 21.134 102.117 26.445
201709 32.087 102.717 39.916
201712 -2.480 102.617 -3.088
201803 8.169 102.917 10.142
201806 22.218 104.017 27.294
201809 45.605 104.718 55.648
201812 2.026 104.217 2.484
201903 -8.849 104.217 -10.850
201906 26.521 105.718 32.056
201909 35.944 106.018 43.322
201912 71.138 105.818 85.902
202003 -59.700 105.718 -72.158
202006 63.895 106.618 76.577
202009 64.930 105.818 78.406
202012 53.646 105.518 64.964
202103 -57.269 107.518 -68.061
202106 109.923 108.486 129.472
202109 67.236 109.435 78.507
202112 114.114 110.384 132.098
202203 -57.838 113.968 -64.847
202206 23.661 115.760 26.118
202209 99.267 118.818 106.754
202212 256.111 119.345 274.211
202303 -222.996 122.402 -232.792
202306 131.828 123.140 136.794
202309 306.517 124.195 315.364
202312 486.276 123.773 502.016
202403 -746.955 125.038 -763.330
202406 254.344 125.882 258.178
202409 335.681 126.198 339.887
202412 683.325 127.041 687.295
202503 -1,160.837 127.779 -1,160.837

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.


Basf SE  (BUE:BAS GR) 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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Basf SE Business Description

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Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DEU, 67056
Founded in 1865 and based in Germany, BASF is the world's largest chemical company, with products spanning the full chemical spectrum of commodity to specialty. In addition, the company is a strong player in agricultural crop protection chemicals and emissions control catalysts for cars and trucks. Given its sheer size, BASF has a top-three market position in approximately 70% of its businesses. The company is undergoing a transformation where it will divest the surface technologies and agricultural solutions businesses over the next several years. These two segments combine to generate nearly 35% of total revenue.

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