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ELFIF (E-L Financial) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 15.13 (As of Jun. 27, 2025)


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What is E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-27), E-L Financial's current share price is $11.65. E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.77. E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 15.13.

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

ELFIF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.55   Med: 10   Max: 15.09
Current: 14.52

During the past years, E-L Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 15.09. The lowest was 6.55. And the median was 10.00.

ELFIF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
58.26% of 321 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 12.43 vs ELFIF: 14.52

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.

E-L Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.004. 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 $0.77 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for E-L Financial'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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E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

E-L Financial 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 9.55 11.05 10.51 10.43 12.11

E-L Financial 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 10.54 10.48 12.12 12.11 11.59

Competitive Comparison of E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, E-L Financial'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.


E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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E-L Financial 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.

E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=11.65/0.77
=15.13

* 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.

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

For example, E-L Financial'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)
=-0.004/129.1809*129.1809
=-0.004

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

E-L Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.139 100.500 0.179
201509 0.060 100.421 0.077
201512 0.091 99.947 0.118
201603 0.175 101.054 0.224
201606 0.181 102.002 0.229
201609 0.110 101.765 0.140
201612 0.141 101.449 0.180
201703 0.158 102.634 0.199
201706 0.121 103.029 0.152
201709 0.226 103.345 0.283
201712 0.112 103.345 0.140
201803 0.109 105.004 0.134
201806 0.162 105.557 0.198
201809 0.225 105.636 0.275
201812 0.179 105.399 0.219
201903 0.184 106.979 0.222
201906 0.136 107.690 0.163
201909 0.247 107.611 0.297
201912 0.157 107.769 0.188
202003 0.065 107.927 0.078
202006 0.236 108.401 0.281
202009 0.211 108.164 0.252
202012 0.097 108.559 0.115
202103 0.152 110.298 0.178
202106 0.129 111.720 0.149
202109 0.319 112.905 0.365
202112 0.082 113.774 0.093
202203 -0.001 117.646 -0.001
202206 0.154 120.806 0.165
202209 0.314 120.648 0.336
202212 0.198 120.964 0.211
202303 0.148 122.702 0.156
202306 0.202 124.203 0.210
202309 0.342 125.230 0.353
202312 0.800 125.072 0.826
202403 0.108 126.258 0.111
202406 0.288 127.522 0.292
202409 0.255 127.285 0.259
202412 0.254 127.364 0.258
202503 -0.004 129.181 -0.004

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.


E-L Financial  (OTCPK:ELFIF) 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.


E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms

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E-L Financial Business Description

Address
165 University Avenue, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 3B8
E-L Financial Corp Ltd operates as an investment and insurance holding company that provides a broad range of wealth management products, individual insurance products, group plans, and financial services to meet the needs of individuals, professionals, and businesses. The firm has two segments; The Empire Life operating segment underwrites life and health insurance policies and provides segregated funds, mutual funds, and annuity products, and the E-L Corporate segment operations include the oversight of investments in equities held through holdings of common shares, investment funds, closed-end investment companies, and other private companies.

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