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Con-way (FRA:CTR) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Sep. 21, 2024)


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What is Con-way Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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Con-way Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

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Con-way Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Con-way's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Trucking subindustry, Con-way'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.


Con-way's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Con-way's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Con-way 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.

Con-way's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

For example, Con-way's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jun. 2015 (Change)*Current CPI (Jun. 2015)
=0.485/100.6839*100.6839
=0.485

Current CPI (Jun. 2015) = 100.6839.

Con-way Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
200509 -0.295 83.876 -0.354
200512 1.733 83.032 2.101
200603 1.055 84.298 1.260
200606 0.483 85.606 0.568
200609 -0.051 85.606 -0.060
200612 -0.136 85.142 -0.161
200703 1.167 86.640 1.356
200706 1.084 87.906 1.242
200709 1.191 87.964 1.363
200712 -0.052 88.616 -0.059
200803 -0.118 90.090 -0.132
200806 0.415 92.320 0.453
200809 -0.056 92.307 -0.061
200812 0.567 88.697 0.644
200903 1.240 89.744 1.391
200906 0.966 91.003 1.069
200909 0.493 91.120 0.545
200912 0.337 91.111 0.372
201003 0.099 91.821 0.109
201006 0.104 91.962 0.114
201009 -0.633 92.162 -0.692
201012 0.300 92.474 0.327
201103 0.102 94.283 0.109
201106 0.626 95.235 0.662
201109 -0.085 95.727 -0.089
201112 -0.068 95.213 -0.072
201203 -0.411 96.783 -0.428
201206 0.575 96.819 0.598
201209 0.008 97.633 0.008
201212 -0.019 96.871 -0.020
201303 -0.317 98.209 -0.325
201306 0.353 98.518 0.361
201309 0.510 98.790 0.520
201312 0.205 98.326 0.210
201403 -0.976 99.695 -0.986
201406 0.897 100.560 0.898
201409 -0.732 100.428 -0.734
201412 0.001 99.070 0.001
201503 0.316 99.621 0.319
201506 0.485 100.684 0.485

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.


Con-way  (FRA:CTR) 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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Con-way Business Description

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Con-way Inc was incorporated in Delaware in 1958. The Company and its subsidiaries provide transportation, logistics and supply-chain management services to various manufacturing, industrial and retail customers. Its business units operate in regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload and full-truckload freight transportation, contract logistics and supply-chain management, multimodal freight brokerage, and trailer manufacturing. The Company operates under three reporting segments: Freight, Logistics and Truckload. The Freight segment consists of the operating results of the Con-way Freight business unit. Con-way Freight is a less-than-truckload motor carrier that utilizes a network of freight service centers to provide day-definite regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload freight services throughout North America. LTL carriers transport shipments from multiple shippers utilizing a network of freight service centers combined with a fleet of linehaul and pickup-and-delivery tractors and trailers. LTL shipments weigh between 100 and 15,000 pounds. In 2013, Con-way Freight's average weight per shipment was 1,334 pounds. The Logistics segment consists of the operating results of the Menlo Worldwide Logistics business unit. Menlo develops contract-logistics solutions, which include managing complex distribution networks, and providing supply-chain engineering and consulting, and multimodal freight brokerage services. Menlo's supply-chain management offerings are mainly related to transportation-management and contract-warehousing services. The Truckload segment consists of the operating results of the Con-way Truckload business unit. Con-way Truckload is a full-truckload motor carrier that utilizes a fleet of tractors and trailers to provide short- and long-haul, asset-based transportation services throughout North America. Con-way Truckload provides dry-van transportation services to manufacturing, industrial and retail customers while using single drivers as well as two-person driver teams over long-haul routes, with each trailer containing only one customer's goods. On average, Con-way Truckload transports shipments more than 800 miles from origin to destination. Under its regional service offering, Con-way Truckload transports truckload shipments between 100 and 600 miles, including local-area service for truckload shipments of less than 100 miles. It competes with regional and national LTL companies, some of which are subsidiaries of integrated transportation service providers, domestic and foreign logistics companies, truckload carriers, railroads and private fleets. The Company is subject to various federal, state and local, as well as foreign, laws and regulations that apply to its business activities.