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Tesla (LIM:TSLA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 2,800.00 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is Tesla Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-12-11), Tesla's current share price is $420.00. Tesla's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.15. Tesla's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 2,800.00.

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

LIM:TSLA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1452   Med: 4076.7   Max: 26053
Current: 2614.35

During the past years, Tesla's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 26053.00. The lowest was 1452.00. And the median was 4076.70.

LIM:TSLA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
100% of 445 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 21.01 vs LIM:TSLA: 2614.35

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.

Tesla's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.784. 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 $0.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Sep. 2024.

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Tesla Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Tesla Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 3,694.05

Tesla Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 21,828.95 3,694.05 107,320.10 3,756.96 1,705.76

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

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Tesla'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.


Tesla's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Tesla's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Tesla 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=420.00/0.15
=2,800.00

* 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.

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

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Sep. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep. 2024)
=0.784/133.0289*133.0289
=0.784

Current CPI (Sep. 2024) = 133.0289.

Tesla Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 -0.242 99.070 -0.325
201503 -0.295 99.621 -0.394
201506 -0.297 100.684 -0.392
201509 -0.308 100.392 -0.408
201512 -0.224 99.792 -0.299
201603 -0.234 100.470 -0.310
201606 -0.069 101.688 -0.090
201609 0.075 101.861 0.098
201612 -0.485 101.863 -0.633
201703 -0.346 102.862 -0.447
201706 -0.548 103.349 -0.705
201709 -0.616 104.136 -0.787
201712 -0.156 104.011 -0.200
201803 -0.444 105.290 -0.561
201806 -0.316 106.317 -0.395
201809 0.312 106.507 0.390
201812 0.341 105.998 0.428
201903 -0.364 107.251 -0.451
201906 0.223 108.070 0.275
201909 0.125 108.329 0.154
201912 0.361 108.420 0.443
202003 -0.309 108.902 -0.377
202006 0.128 108.767 0.157
202009 0.414 109.815 0.502
202012 0.534 109.897 0.646
202103 -0.359 111.754 -0.427
202106 0.181 114.631 0.210
202109 0.392 115.734 0.451
202112 0.822 117.630 0.930
202203 0.638 121.301 0.700
202206 0.179 125.017 0.190
202209 0.951 125.227 1.010
202212 0.408 125.222 0.433
202303 0.127 127.348 0.133
202306 0.289 128.729 0.299
202309 0.243 129.860 0.249
202312 0.590 129.419 0.606
202403 -0.728 131.776 -0.735
202406 0.385 132.554 0.386
202409 0.784 133.029 0.784

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.


Tesla  (LIM:TSLA) 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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Tesla Business Description

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Address
1 Tesla Road, Austin, TX, USA, 78725
Tesla is a vertically integrated battery electric vehicle automaker and developer of autonomous driving software. The company has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and midsize sedans, crossover SUVs, a light truck, and a semi truck. Tesla also plans to begin selling more affordable vehicles, a sports car, and a robotaxi. Global deliveries in 2023 were a little over 1.8 million vehicles. The company sells batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities and solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation. Tesla also owns a fast-charging network.