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AUO (FRA:AU7) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.35 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is AUO Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), AUO's current share price is €4.86. AUO's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.52. AUO's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.35.

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

FRA:AU7' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.4   Med: 7.42   Max: 32.08
Current: 7.36

During the past years, AUO's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 32.08. The lowest was 4.40. And the median was 7.42.

FRA:AU7's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
90.56% of 1006 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 27.39 vs FRA:AU7: 7.36

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.

AUO's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-0.178. 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 €0.52 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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AUO Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

AUO 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 17.00 9.82 4.78 6.90 7.89

AUO 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 7.16 7.69 8.16 7.89 7.95

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

For the Electronic Components subindustry, AUO'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.


AUO's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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


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AUO 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=4.86/0.52
=9.35

* 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.

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

For example, AUO'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)
=-0.178/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.178

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

AUO Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.421 100.684 0.564
201509 -0.057 100.392 -0.077
201512 0.414 99.792 0.560
201603 -0.120 100.470 -0.161
201606 -0.300 101.688 -0.398
201609 -0.278 101.861 -0.368
201612 0.368 101.863 0.487
201703 0.289 102.862 0.379
201706 0.619 103.349 0.808
201709 0.422 104.136 0.547
201712 0.187 104.011 0.243
201803 -0.076 105.290 -0.097
201806 0.045 106.317 0.057
201809 0.068 106.507 0.086
201812 0.165 105.998 0.210
201903 -0.319 107.251 -0.401
201906 -0.024 108.070 -0.030
201909 -0.131 108.329 -0.163
201912 0.150 108.420 0.187
202003 -0.356 108.902 -0.441
202006 -0.126 108.767 -0.156
202009 0.261 109.815 0.321
202012 0.588 109.897 0.722
202103 0.687 111.754 0.829
202106 0.702 114.631 0.826
202109 0.828 115.734 0.965
202112 0.849 117.630 0.974
202203 0.172 121.301 0.191
202206 0.042 125.017 0.045
202209 -0.629 125.227 -0.678
202212 0.039 125.222 0.042
202303 -0.868 127.348 -0.920
202306 0.081 128.729 0.085
202309 0.028 129.860 0.029
202312 0.082 129.419 0.085
202403 -0.254 131.776 -0.260
202406 -0.086 132.554 -0.088
202409 0.137 133.029 0.139
202412 0.057 133.157 0.058
202503 -0.178 134.927 -0.178

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.


AUO  (FRA:AU7) 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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AUO Corp is a Taiwan-based company that manufactures & distributes thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal-display (TFT-LCD) panels to original equipment manufacturers. The display segment generally is engaged in the research, development, design, manufacturing, & sale of flat panel displays. The energy segment mainly is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sale of ingots, solar wafers, and solar modules, as well as providing technical engineering services and maintenance services for solar system projects AU Optronics has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, Japan, and Malaysia. It operates in two segments - The display segment & energy segment, the majority is derived from the Display segment. Geographically, the majority is from the PRC (including Hong Kong).

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