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Calpine (FRA:CJ3A) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Calpine Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Calpine Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Calpine's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Calpine Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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

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


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

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

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



Calpine 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.

Calpine's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as:

For example, Calpine's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2017 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2017)
=0.157/104.0111*104.0111
=0.157

Current CPI (Dec. 2017) = 104.0111.

Calpine Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
200803 -0.526 90.090 -0.607
200806 -0.356 92.320 -0.401
200809 1.309 92.307 1.475
200812 0.159 88.697 0.186
200903 0.046 89.744 0.053
200906 -0.238 91.003 -0.272
200909 0.747 91.120 0.853
200912 0.261 91.111 0.298
201003 0.326 91.821 0.369
201006 -0.239 91.962 -0.270
201009 0.855 92.162 0.965
201012 -0.091 92.474 -0.102
201103 0.003 94.283 0.003
201106 -0.160 95.235 -0.175
201109 0.177 95.727 0.192
201112 0.082 95.213 0.090
201203 -0.187 96.783 -0.201
201206 -0.499 96.819 -0.536
201209 0.853 97.633 0.909
201212 -0.156 96.871 -0.167
201303 -0.569 98.209 -0.603
201306 -0.300 98.518 -0.317
201309 0.773 98.790 0.814
201312 0.052 98.326 0.055
201403 0.007 99.695 0.007
201406 0.152 100.560 0.157
201409 0.114 100.428 0.118
201412 0.475 99.070 0.499
201503 -0.443 99.621 -0.463
201506 -0.195 100.684 -0.201
201509 1.016 100.392 1.053
201512 0.420 99.792 0.438
201603 -0.259 100.470 -0.268
201606 0.010 101.688 0.010
201609 1.070 101.861 1.093
201612 0.557 101.863 0.569
201703 0.008 102.862 0.008
201706 0.140 103.349 0.141
201709 1.169 104.136 1.168
201712 0.157 104.011 0.157

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.


Calpine  (FRA:CJ3A) 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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Calpine (FRA:CJ3A) Business Description

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Calpine is the largest natural gas power producer in the United States, with 3.0 GW of simple-cycle combustion turbines, 6.3 GW of combined-cycle cogeneration, and 15.8 GW of combined-cycle combustion turbines. It also owns 725 MW of geothermal generation in California geothermal generation and 4 MW of solar generation.

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