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Aberforth Smaller Trust (CHIX:ASLL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 33.53 (As of Jun. 23, 2025)


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What is Aberforth Smaller Trust Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-23), Aberforth Smaller Trust's current share price is £14.42. Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was £0.43. Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 33.53.

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

CHIX:ASLl' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 22   Med: 42.32   Max: 58.19
Current: 34.03

During the past 13 years, Aberforth Smaller Trust's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 58.19. The lowest was 22.00. And the median was 42.32.

CHIX:ASLl's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
68.79% of 503 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 18.91 vs CHIX:ASLl: 34.03

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.

Aberforth Smaller Trust's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was £0.515. 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 £0.43 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec24.

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Aberforth Smaller Trust Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aberforth Smaller Trust'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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Aberforth Smaller Trust Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Aberforth Smaller Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Aberforth Smaller Trust Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 36.25 - 33.93 - 33.26

Competitive Comparison of Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Asset Management subindustry, Aberforth Smaller Trust'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.


Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Aberforth Smaller Trust 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.

Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=14.42/0.43
=33.53

* 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.

Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 is calculated as:

For example, Aberforth Smaller Trust's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec24 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec24)
=0.515/135.1000*135.1000
=0.515

Current CPI (Dec24) = 135.1000.

Aberforth Smaller Trust Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201512 0.306 100.400 0.412
201612 0.370 102.200 0.489
201712 0.346 105.000 0.445
201812 0.426 107.100 0.537
201912 0.373 108.500 0.464
202012 0.096 109.400 0.119
202112 0.292 114.700 0.344
202212 0.492 125.300 0.530
202312 0.545 130.500 0.564
202412 0.515 135.100 0.515

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.


Aberforth Smaller Trust  (CHIX:ASLl) 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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Aberforth Smaller Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 7NS
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a UK based closed-ended investment trust. Its objective is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than that of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term. The Company also aims to achieve its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies. It invests in various sectors, such as technology, telecommunications, health care, financials, real estate, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, industrials, basic materials and energy.

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