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Capital Power (FRA:2CP) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 33.64 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Capital Power Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Capital Power's current share price is €36.00. Capital Power's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €1.07. Capital Power's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 33.64.

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

FRA:2CP' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.3   Med: 36.91   Max: 988.67
Current: 33.5

During the past years, Capital Power's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 988.67. The lowest was 15.30. And the median was 36.91.

FRA:2CP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
71.88% of 128 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 13.95 vs FRA:2CP: 33.50

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.

Capital Power's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-0.360. 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 €1.07 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Capital Power Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Capital Power Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Capital Power 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 18.69 20.09 26.66 35.38 28.37

Competitive Comparison of Capital Power's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Capital Power'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.


Capital Power's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Capital Power's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Capital Power 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=36.00/1.07
=33.64

* 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.

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

For example, Capital Power'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)
=-0.36/129.1809*129.1809
=-0.360

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Capital Power Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.148 100.500 -0.190
201509 0.985 100.421 1.267
201512 0.658 99.947 0.850
201603 0.704 101.054 0.900
201606 -0.079 102.002 -0.100
201609 0.551 101.765 0.699
201612 -0.775 101.449 -0.987
201703 0.101 102.634 0.127
201706 0.102 103.029 0.128
201709 0.601 103.345 0.751
201712 0.209 103.345 0.261
201803 0.620 105.004 0.763
201806 0.271 105.557 0.332
201809 -0.448 105.636 -0.548
201812 0.121 105.399 0.148
201903 0.936 106.979 1.130
201906 -1.054 107.690 -1.264
201909 0.103 107.611 0.124
201912 0.563 107.769 0.675
202003 0.025 107.927 0.030
202006 0.025 108.401 0.030
202009 1.162 108.164 1.388
202012 0.567 108.559 0.675
202103 0.678 110.298 0.794
202106 -0.135 111.720 -0.156
202109 0.986 112.905 1.128
202112 -0.077 113.774 -0.087
202203 1.737 117.646 1.907
202206 -0.246 120.806 -0.263
202209 0.941 120.648 1.008
202212 -0.811 120.964 -0.866
202303 1.530 122.702 1.611
202306 -0.710 124.203 -0.738
202309 1.286 125.230 1.327
202312 -1.521 125.072 -1.571
202403 0.636 126.258 0.651
202406 -0.470 127.522 -0.476
202409 0.025 127.285 0.025
202412 0.217 127.364 0.220
202503 -0.360 129.181 -0.360

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.


Capital Power  (FRA:2CP) 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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Capital Power Business Description

Address
10423 101 Street NW, Suite 1200, Edmonton, AB, CAN, T5H 0E9
Capital Power Corp is a North American power producer whose principal activities are developing, acquiring, and operating power plants. Through its subsidiary, Capital Power owns and operates a portfolio of natural gas, coal, wind, solar, and solid fuel energy generating facilities. These are located throughout Western and Central Canada and the U.S. Capital Power's natural gas and coal facilities, specifically its Genesee and Shepard sites, account for its electric capacity and cash flow production. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue from sale of electricity and natural gas. The company's customers include a variety of industrial and commercial consumers, independent transmission system operators, and government-owned entities.

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