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HTHIF (Hitachi) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 68.92 (As of May. 04, 2025)


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What is Hitachi Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-04), Hitachi's current share price is $26.88. Hitachi's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.39. Hitachi's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 68.92.

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

HTHIF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 49.58   Med: 106.02   Max: 5887.5
Current: 59.62

During the past years, Hitachi's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 5887.50. The lowest was 49.58. And the median was 106.02.

HTHIF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
81.11% of 217 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 16.05 vs HTHIF: 59.62

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.

Hitachi's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.592. 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 $0.39 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Hitachi Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Hitachi Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 296.75 86.63 56.13

Hitachi 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 86.63 99.83 89.73 72.64 56.13

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

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Hitachi'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.


Hitachi's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

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


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Hitachi 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=26.88/0.39
=68.92

* 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.

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

For example, Hitachi'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)
=0.592/111.1000*111.1000
=0.592

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 111.1000.

Hitachi Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.198 98.400 -0.224
201509 -0.134 98.500 -0.151
201512 -0.294 98.100 -0.333
201603 0.285 97.900 0.323
201606 -0.275 98.100 -0.311
201609 -0.084 98.000 -0.095
201612 -0.011 98.400 -0.012
201703 0.195 98.100 0.221
201706 0.056 98.500 0.063
201709 0.064 98.800 0.072
201712 0.170 99.400 0.190
201803 0.247 99.200 0.277
201806 0.021 99.200 0.024
201809 -0.072 99.900 -0.080
201812 -0.229 99.700 -0.255
201903 0.538 99.700 0.600
201906 -0.036 99.800 -0.040
201909 0.030 100.100 0.033
201912 0.026 100.500 0.029
202003 0.249 100.300 0.276
202006 0.155 99.900 0.172
202009 -0.059 99.900 -0.066
202012 0.261 99.300 0.292
202103 0.453 99.900 0.504
202106 0.074 99.500 0.083
202109 -0.156 100.100 -0.173
202112 -0.009 100.100 -0.010
202203 0.590 101.100 0.648
202206 0.008 101.800 0.009
202209 0.028 103.100 0.030
202212 0.079 104.100 0.084
202303 0.545 104.400 0.580
202306 0.044 105.200 0.046
202309 0.134 106.200 0.140
202312 0.221 106.800 0.230
202403 0.434 107.200 0.450
202406 0.097 108.200 0.100
202409 0.148 108.900 0.151
202412 0.290 110.700 0.291
202503 0.592 111.100 0.592

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.


Hitachi  (OTCPK:HTHIF) 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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Hitachi Business Description

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Address
6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-8280
Hitachi Ltd provides IT services and has an expertise in the range of business fields, including financial services. The company's main products and services include system integration, consulting, cloud services, servers, storage, software, telecommunications and networks, and ATMs. Hitachi operates in various segments namely, Information and Telecommunication Systems; Social Infrastructure and Industrial Systems; Electronic Systems and Equipment; Construction Machinery; High Functional Materials and Components; Automotive Systems; Smart Life and Ecofriendly Systems; Financial Services; and Others.