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BWA (BorgWarner) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 10.30 (As of May. 22, 2025)


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What is BorgWarner Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-22), BorgWarner's current share price is $32.96. BorgWarner's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.20. BorgWarner's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 10.30.

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

BWA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.09   Med: 17.38   Max: 50.68
Current: 10.22

During the past years, BorgWarner's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 50.68. The lowest was 8.09. And the median was 17.38.

BWA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
73.94% of 472 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 21.22 vs BWA: 10.22

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.

BorgWarner's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.170. 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 $3.20 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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BorgWarner Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

BorgWarner 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 15.20 15.64 13.22 12.64 10.22

BorgWarner 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 12.41 11.27 12.45 10.22 8.95

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

For the Auto Parts subindustry, BorgWarner'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.


BorgWarner's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, BorgWarner's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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BorgWarner 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=32.96/3.20
=10.30

* 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.

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

For example, BorgWarner'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)
=-0.17/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.170

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

BorgWarner Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.625 100.684 0.838
201509 0.076 100.392 0.102
201512 1.073 99.792 1.451
201603 -0.320 100.470 -0.430
201606 0.911 101.688 1.209
201609 0.518 101.861 0.686
201612 1.395 101.863 1.848
201703 -0.333 102.862 -0.437
201706 1.019 103.349 1.330
201709 0.423 104.136 0.548
201712 1.826 104.011 2.369
201803 -0.593 105.290 -0.760
201806 0.767 106.317 0.973
201809 0.604 106.507 0.765
201812 2.004 105.998 2.551
201903 -0.372 107.251 -0.468
201906 1.451 108.070 1.812
201909 1.236 108.329 1.539
201912 0.237 108.420 0.295
202003 0.708 108.902 0.877
202006 0.049 108.767 0.061
202009 1.795 109.815 2.205
202012 0.827 109.897 1.015
202103 0.608 111.754 0.734
202106 0.555 114.631 0.653
202109 -0.042 115.734 -0.049
202112 1.774 117.630 2.035
202203 -0.255 121.301 -0.284
202206 0.261 125.017 0.282
202209 0.526 125.227 0.567
202212 1.845 125.222 1.988
202303 -0.768 127.348 -0.814
202306 0.128 128.729 0.134
202309 0.153 129.860 0.159
202312 2.904 129.419 3.028
202403 -1.349 131.776 -1.381
202406 1.307 132.554 1.330
202409 0.895 133.029 0.908
202412 2.463 133.157 2.496
202503 -0.170 134.927 -0.170

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.


BorgWarner  (NYSE:BWA) 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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BorgWarner Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3850 Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, MI, USA, 48326
BorgWarner is a tier one supplier of turbo and thermal management technologies, drivetrain systems, powerdrive systems, and battery and charging systems mostly to automotive original equipment manufacturers. Its products aim to move a vehicle with as few electrons as possible, resulting in cleaner, cost-optimized, and more-efficient vehicles. Foundational products, the combustion vehicle business, contributes more than 80% to group revenue while BorgWarner transitions to becoming an electric vehicle-centric parts supplier (e-business). In 2023, 25% of the company's revenue was sourced from Volkswagen and Ford. Revenue is well diversified geographically, with approximately a third each generated in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Executives
Volker Weng officer: Vice President 3850 W. HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Tonit M Calaway officer: EVP and Chief HR Officer HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY, 3700 WEST JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Tania Wingfield officer: EVP & CHRO 3850 HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Stefan Demmerle officer: Vice President BORGWARNER INC., 3850 HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Isabelle Mckenzie officer: Vice President 3850 HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Frederic Lissalde officer: Vice President BORGWARNER INC., 3850 HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Paul Arthur Farrell officer: VP & Chief Strategy Officer 3850 W. HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Joseph F. Fadool officer: Vice President BORGWARNER INC., 3850 HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Alexis P Michas director 940 WINTER STREET, C/O PERKINELMER, WALTHAM MA 02451
Daniel Etue officer: VP & Controller 3850 W. HAMLIN RD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Hau N Thai-tang director ONE AMERICAN ROAD, DEARBORN MI 48126
Sailaja Shankar director 3850 HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Felecia J. Pryor officer: EVP & CHRO 3850 W. HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Sara A. Greenstein director 600 GRANT STREET, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Davide Girelli officer: Vice President 3850 W. HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326