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POSCO Holdings (FRA:PKX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 7.37 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is POSCO Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), POSCO Holdings's current share price is €38.60. POSCO Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €5.24. POSCO Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 7.37.

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

FRA:PKX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.86   Med: 14.77   Max: 195.48
Current: 7.43

During the past years, POSCO Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 195.48. The lowest was 6.86. And the median was 14.77.

FRA:PKX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
70.17% of 238 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 10.49 vs FRA:PKX: 7.43

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.

POSCO Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-1.785. 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 €5.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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POSCO Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

POSCO Holdings 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 14.73 9.45 8.69 14.32 7.41

POSCO Holdings 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 11.87 9.93 10.82 7.41 8.43

Competitive Comparison of POSCO Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Steel subindustry, POSCO Holdings'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.


POSCO Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, POSCO Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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POSCO Holdings 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=38.60/5.24
=7.37

* 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.

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

For example, POSCO Holdings'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)
=-1.785/122.5900*122.5900
=-1.785

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 122.5900.

POSCO Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 4.432 100.051 5.430
201509 2.753 100.111 3.371
201512 3.669 100.220 4.488
201603 2.654 100.561 3.235
201606 2.393 100.791 2.911
201609 2.452 101.461 2.963
201612 -0.723 101.561 -0.873
201703 0.560 102.851 0.667
201706 0.367 102.611 0.438
201709 2.021 103.491 2.394
201712 4.237 102.991 5.043
201803 2.524 104.101 2.972
201806 0.508 104.130 0.598
201809 3.608 105.651 4.186
201812 1.235 104.351 1.451
201903 1.998 104.491 2.344
201906 1.711 104.881 2.000
201909 1.288 105.200 1.501
201912 2.623 105.121 3.059
202003 1.572 105.354 1.829
202006 3.065 105.112 3.575
202009 3.484 106.198 4.022
202012 4.011 105.765 4.649
202103 -0.035 107.357 -0.040
202106 2.127 107.579 2.424
202109 1.866 108.759 2.103
202112 2.623 109.676 2.932
202203 -2.255 111.848 -2.472
202206 -1.902 114.072 -2.044
202209 3.971 114.715 4.244
202212 2.001 115.179 2.130
202303 -4.062 116.507 -4.274
202306 1.613 117.182 1.687
202309 1.122 118.964 1.156
202312 -1.179 118.837 -1.216
202403 -3.724 120.123 -3.800
202406 1.585 120.007 1.619
202409 -1.393 120.861 -1.413
202412 0.075 121.135 0.076
202503 -1.785 122.590 -1.785

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.


POSCO Holdings  (FRA:PKX) 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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POSCO Holdings Business Description

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Address
POSCO Center, 440 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, KOR, 06194
POSCO Holdings Inc is a holding company and operates through its subsidiaries. The company operates across four distinct segments. The first segment is the Steel Segment, which includes the production and sale of steel products. The second segment is the Infrastructure Business, which is further divided into three operations. The Trading Segment comprises trading and natural resource development activities. The Construction Segment involves the planning, designing, and construction of industrial plants, civil engineering projects, and buildings. The Logistics and Others Segment. The third segment is the Secondary Battery Materials Segment, and the fourth segment is the Others Segment.