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Adobe (FRA:ADB) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 49.01 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is Adobe Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-14), Adobe's current share price is €452.35. Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €9.23. Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 49.01.

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

FRA:ADB' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21   Med: 54.36   Max: 115.28
Current: 48.36

During the past years, Adobe's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 115.28. The lowest was 21.00. And the median was 54.36.

FRA:ADB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
65.34% of 678 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.945 vs FRA:ADB: 48.36

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.

Adobe's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €2.311. 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 €9.23 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2024.

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Adobe Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Adobe Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 75.30 94.85 102.62 41.70 62.31

Adobe Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 37.50 45.87 58.63 62.31 56.09

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Adobe'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.


Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Adobe 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=452.35/9.23
=49.01

* 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.

Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Adobe's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Feb. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2024)
=2.311/129.4194*129.4194
=2.311

Current CPI (Feb. 2024) = 129.4194.

Adobe Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201405 0.489 100.373 0.631
201408 0.316 100.352 0.408
201411 0.573 99.635 0.744
201502 0.256 99.032 0.335
201505 0.771 100.333 0.995
201508 0.553 100.548 0.712
201511 0.716 100.135 0.925
201602 0.805 100.040 1.041
201605 0.762 101.355 0.973
201608 0.819 101.617 1.043
201611 1.195 101.829 1.519
201702 1.311 102.779 1.651
201705 1.066 103.256 1.336
201708 1.101 103.587 1.376
201711 1.352 104.072 1.681
201802 1.451 105.052 1.788
201805 1.581 106.148 1.928
201808 1.554 106.383 1.891
201811 1.853 106.338 2.255
201902 1.691 106.649 2.052
201905 1.751 108.048 2.097
201908 1.525 108.245 1.823
201911 2.365 108.519 2.820
202002 2.313 109.139 2.743
202005 2.057 108.175 2.461
202008 2.282 109.662 2.693
202011 2.947 109.793 3.474
202102 2.933 110.968 3.421
202105 3.239 113.576 3.691
202108 2.313 115.421 2.594
202111 3.582 117.269 3.953
202202 3.096 119.703 3.347
202205 3.828 123.323 4.017
202208 3.323 124.958 3.442
202211 4.693 125.607 4.835
202302 3.232 126.928 3.295
202305 4.045 128.314 4.080
202308 3.560 129.538 3.557
202311 3.120 129.548 3.117
202402 2.311 129.419 2.311

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.


Adobe  (FRA:ADB) 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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