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Moodys (LTS:0K36) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 50.56 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Moodys Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Moodys's current share price is $487.9299. Moodys's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $9.65. Moodys's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 50.56.

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

LTS:0K36' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24   Med: 41.79   Max: 59.26
Current: 49.57

During the past years, Moodys's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 59.26. The lowest was 24.00. And the median was 41.79.

LTS:0K36's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
78.38% of 222 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 20.835 vs LTS:0K36: 49.57

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.

Moodys's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.719. 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 $9.65 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Moodys Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Moodys 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 48.80 55.86 36.41 46.41 50.06

Moodys 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 44.40 46.41 51.02 50.06 47.55

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

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Moodys'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.


Moodys's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Moodys's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Moodys 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=487.9299/9.65
=50.56

* 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.

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

For example, Moodys'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)
=3.719/134.9266*134.9266
=3.719

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Moodys Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.521 100.684 2.038
201509 1.353 100.392 1.818
201512 1.407 99.792 1.902
201603 1.149 100.470 1.543
201606 1.352 101.688 1.794
201609 1.606 101.861 2.127
201612 1.755 101.863 2.325
201703 -2.733 102.862 -3.585
201706 2.310 103.349 3.016
201709 1.874 104.136 2.428
201712 1.972 104.011 2.558
201803 1.936 105.290 2.481
201806 1.867 106.317 2.369
201809 1.451 106.507 1.838
201812 1.792 105.998 2.281
201903 1.800 107.251 2.264
201906 1.929 108.070 2.408
201909 2.193 108.329 2.731
201912 2.466 108.420 3.069
202003 1.709 108.902 2.117
202006 3.127 108.767 3.879
202009 2.588 109.815 3.180
202012 3.370 109.897 4.138
202103 3.510 111.754 4.238
202106 3.002 114.631 3.533
202109 2.152 115.734 2.509
202112 1.263 117.630 1.449
202203 2.208 121.301 2.456
202206 1.174 125.017 1.267
202209 1.441 125.227 1.553
202212 1.619 125.222 1.744
202303 2.906 127.348 3.079
202306 2.988 128.729 3.132
202309 2.125 129.860 2.208
202312 2.199 129.419 2.293
202403 3.800 131.776 3.891
202406 3.240 132.554 3.298
202409 3.458 133.029 3.507
202412 3.300 133.157 3.344
202503 3.719 134.927 3.719

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.


Moodys  (LTS:0K36) 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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Moodys Business Description

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7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, USA, 10007
Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed-income securities. The ratings segment, Moody's Investors Service, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's profit and about half of the firm's revenue. The other segment, Moody's Analytics, consists of decision solutions, research and insights, and data and information.

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