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Autodesk (HAM:AUD) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 51.33 (As of Jun. 23, 2024)


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What is Autodesk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-23), Autodesk's current share price is €226.90. Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was €4.42. Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 51.33.

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

HAM:AUD' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.48   Med: 54.99   Max: 133.83
Current: 52.04

During the past years, Autodesk's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 133.83. The lowest was 16.48. And the median was 54.99.

HAM:AUD's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
67.54% of 684 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.575 vs HAM:AUD: 52.04

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.

Autodesk's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2024 was €1.946. 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 €4.42 for the trailing ten years ended in Apr. 2024.

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Autodesk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Autodesk Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 88.28 106.36 77.98 52.94 56.54

Autodesk Quarterly Data
Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24
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 44.92 48.18 45.10 56.54 45.71

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Autodesk'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.


Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Autodesk 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=226.90/4.42
=51.33

* 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.

Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Autodesk's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Apr. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2024)
=1.946/132.2892*132.2892
=1.946

Current CPI (Apr. 2024) = 132.2892.

Autodesk Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201407 0.252 100.520 0.332
201410 0.367 100.176 0.485
201501 0.892 98.604 1.197
201504 0.295 99.824 0.391
201507 0.240 100.691 0.315
201510 0.271 100.346 0.357
201601 0.571 99.957 0.756
201604 0.558 100.947 0.731
201607 -0.155 101.524 -0.202
201610 -0.060 101.988 -0.078
201701 0.020 102.456 0.026
201704 0.155 103.167 0.199
201707 -0.357 103.278 -0.457
201710 -0.248 104.070 -0.315
201801 0.254 104.578 0.321
201804 -0.125 105.708 -0.156
201807 0.091 106.324 0.113
201810 0.105 106.695 0.130
201901 1.173 106.200 1.461
201904 0.837 107.818 1.027
201907 0.820 108.250 1.002
201910 1.087 108.577 1.324
202001 2.756 108.841 3.350
202004 1.263 108.173 1.545
202007 0.247 109.318 0.299
202010 1.301 109.861 1.567
202101 2.347 110.364 2.813
202104 1.186 112.673 1.392
202107 0.682 115.183 0.783
202110 0.990 116.696 1.122
202201 2.847 118.619 3.175
202204 1.767 121.978 1.916
202207 1.105 125.002 1.169
202210 2.147 125.734 2.259
202301 3.844 126.223 4.029
202304 2.989 127.992 3.089
202307 0.521 128.974 0.534
202310 -0.009 129.810 -0.009
202401 1.794 130.124 1.824
202404 1.946 132.289 1.946

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.


Autodesk  (HAM:AUD) 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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Founded in 1982, Autodesk is an application software company that serves industries in architecture, engineering, and construction; product design and manufacturing; and media and entertainment. Autodesk software enables design, modeling, and rendering needs of these industries. The company has over 4 million paid subscribers across 180 countries.

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