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The Walt Disney Co (BUE:DISN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 23.28 (As of Jul. 15, 2025)


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What is The Walt Disney Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-15), The Walt Disney Co's current share price is ARS10416.00. The Walt Disney Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS447.46. The Walt Disney Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 23.28.

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

BUE:DISN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.7   Med: 30.42   Max: 50.95
Current: 28.29

During the past years, The Walt Disney Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 50.95. The lowest was 19.70. And the median was 30.42.

BUE:DISN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
67.13% of 359 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 16.29 vs BUE:DISN: 28.29

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.

The Walt Disney Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS359.288. 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 ARS447.46 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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The Walt Disney Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Walt Disney 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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The Walt Disney Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The Walt Disney Co Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 31.80 42.28 23.08 20.17 23.47

The Walt Disney 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 29.99 24.71 23.47 27.32 23.28

Competitive Comparison of The Walt Disney Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Entertainment subindustry, The Walt Disney 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.


The Walt Disney Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, The Walt Disney Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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The Walt Disney 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.

The Walt Disney Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=10416.00/447.46
=23.28

* 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.

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

For example, The Walt Disney 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)
=359.288/134.9266*134.9266
=359.288

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

The Walt Disney Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.097 100.684 1.470
201509 1.804 100.392 2.425
201512 1.018 99.792 1.376
201603 2.643 100.470 3.549
201606 2.673 101.688 3.547
201609 2.816 101.861 3.730
201612 0.501 101.863 0.664
201703 2.840 102.862 3.725
201706 4.320 103.349 5.640
201709 3.785 104.136 4.904
201712 1.971 104.011 2.557
201803 5.776 105.290 7.402
201806 5.117 106.317 6.494
201809 8.143 106.507 10.316
201812 2.844 105.998 3.620
201903 8.536 107.251 10.739
201906 -7.912 108.070 -9.878
201909 2.737 108.329 3.409
201912 1.123 108.420 1.398
202003 8.259 108.902 10.233
202006 2.138 108.767 2.652
202009 4.807 109.815 5.906
202012 -3.772 109.897 -4.631
202103 3.805 111.754 4.594
202106 3.378 114.631 3.976
202109 10.180 115.734 11.868
202112 -8.163 117.630 -9.363
202203 5.037 121.301 5.603
202206 1.541 125.017 1.663
202209 13.081 125.227 14.094
202212 -24.719 125.222 -26.635
202303 26.798 127.348 28.393
202306 26.851 128.729 28.144
202309 81.808 129.860 85.000
202312 21.788 129.419 22.715
202403 138.215 131.776 141.519
202406 75.706 132.554 77.061
202409 263.164 133.029 266.918
202412 51.319 133.157 52.001
202503 359.288 134.927 359.288

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.


The Walt Disney Co  (BUE:DISN) 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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The Walt Disney Co Business Description

Address
500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA, USA, 91521
Disney operates in three global business segments: entertainment, sports, and experiences. Entertainment and experiences both benefit from the firm's ownership of iconic franchises and characters. Entertainment includes the ABC broadcast network, several cable television networks, and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. Within the segment, Disney also engages in movie and television production and distribution, with content licensed to movie theaters, other content providers, or, increasingly, kept in-house for use on Disney's own streaming platform and television networks. The sports segment houses ESPN and the ESPN+ streaming service. Experiences contains Disney's theme parks and vacation destinations, and also benefits from merchandise licensing.

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