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United Natural Foods (FRA:UN3) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 8.38 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is United Natural Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), United Natural Foods's current share price is €27.07. United Natural Foods's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was €3.23. United Natural Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 8.38.

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

FRA:UN3' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.24   Med: 17   Max: 2082.5
Current: 9.45

During the past years, United Natural Foods's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 2082.50. The lowest was 3.24. And the median was 17.00.

FRA:UN3's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
74.05% of 131 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 16.23 vs FRA:UN3: 9.45

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.

United Natural Foods's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was €3.097. 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 €3.23 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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United Natural Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Natural Foods'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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United Natural Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

United Natural Foods Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.01 16.67 19.45 7.37 5.23

United Natural Foods Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
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 5.36 3.02 5.23 6.68 8.91

Competitive Comparison of United Natural Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Food Distribution subindustry, United Natural Foods'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.


United Natural Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, United Natural Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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United Natural Foods 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.

United Natural Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=27.07/3.23
=8.38

* 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.

United Natural Foods's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, United Natural Foods's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=3.097/134.0288*134.0288
=3.097

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

United Natural Foods Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 0.079 99.824 0.106
201507 0.442 100.691 0.588
201510 -0.037 100.346 -0.049
201601 1.942 99.957 2.604
201604 1.266 100.947 1.681
201607 1.410 101.524 1.861
201610 -0.295 101.988 -0.388
201701 1.680 102.456 2.198
201704 0.897 103.167 1.165
201707 1.602 103.278 2.079
201710 -0.758 104.070 -0.976
201801 0.428 104.578 0.549
201804 -0.674 105.708 -0.855
201807 2.108 106.324 2.657
201810 -2.122 106.695 -2.666
201901 1.192 106.200 1.504
201904 -0.096 107.818 -0.119
201907 1.982 108.250 2.454
201910 -3.056 108.577 -3.772
202001 2.153 108.841 2.651
202004 6.290 108.173 7.793
202007 -0.659 109.318 -0.808
202010 -1.524 109.861 -1.859
202101 2.968 110.364 3.604
202104 0.774 112.673 0.921
202107 1.848 115.183 2.150
202110 -1.933 116.696 -2.220
202201 1.072 118.619 1.211
202204 -1.916 121.978 -2.105
202207 4.335 125.002 4.648
202210 -5.421 125.734 -5.779
202301 6.815 126.223 7.236
202304 0.981 127.992 1.027
202307 1.769 128.974 1.838
202310 -5.292 129.810 -5.464
202401 1.793 130.124 1.847
202404 0.769 132.289 0.779
202407 1.098 132.708 1.109
202410 -2.449 133.182 -2.465
202501 3.097 134.029 3.097

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.


United Natural Foods  (FRA:UN3) 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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United Natural Foods Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
313 Iron Horse Way, Providence, RI, USA, 02908
United Natural Foods Inc is a wholesale distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and nonfood products across North America. The company's products consist of national, regional and private label brands grouped into grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, nutritional supplements and sports nutrition, bulk and foodservice products, and personal care items. United Natural Foods serves various retail formats including conventional supermarket chains, natural product superstores, independent retail operators and foodservice channels such as e-commerce platforms. The company's operations are comprised of principal divisions: the wholesale division; the retail division; and other.

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