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United Airlines Holdings (LTS:0LIU) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 26.11 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is United Airlines Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), United Airlines Holdings's current share price is $81.4517. United Airlines Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.12. United Airlines Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 26.11.

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

LTS:0LIU' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.96   Med: 23.92   Max: 64.09
Current: 25.98

During the past years, United Airlines Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 64.09. The lowest was 5.96. And the median was 23.92.

LTS:0LIU's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
65.87% of 419 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 15.95 vs LTS:0LIU: 25.98

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 Airlines Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $7.438. 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 $3.12 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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United Airlines Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Airlines Holdings'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 Airlines Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

United Airlines Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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United Airlines Holdings 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 21.18 19.51 23.11 33.39 22.12

Competitive Comparison of United Airlines Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Airlines subindustry, United Airlines Holdings'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 Airlines Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, United Airlines Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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United Airlines Holdings 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 Airlines Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=81.4517/3.12
=26.11

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

For example, United Airlines Holdings'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)
=7.438/134.9266*134.9266
=7.438

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

United Airlines Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.713 100.684 2.296
201509 1.668 100.392 2.242
201512 0.958 99.792 1.295
201603 1.080 100.470 1.450
201606 5.166 101.688 6.855
201609 1.401 101.861 1.856
201612 -0.703 101.863 -0.931
201703 -0.458 102.862 -0.601
201706 1.534 103.349 2.003
201709 -1.806 104.136 -2.340
201712 -0.621 104.011 -0.806
201803 2.685 105.290 3.441
201806 6.226 106.317 7.901
201809 0.150 106.507 0.190
201812 -1.569 105.998 -1.997
201903 1.032 107.251 1.298
201906 7.190 108.070 8.977
201909 0.913 108.329 1.137
201912 -0.043 108.420 -0.054
202003 -7.630 108.902 -9.453
202006 -0.602 108.767 -0.747
202009 -5.227 109.815 -6.422
202012 -7.654 109.897 -9.397
202103 -0.057 111.754 -0.069
202106 5.606 114.631 6.599
202109 -3.134 115.734 -3.654
202112 -2.487 117.630 -2.853
202203 3.305 121.301 3.676
202206 6.482 125.017 6.996
202209 -1.781 125.227 -1.919
202212 -4.040 125.222 -4.353
202303 3.968 127.348 4.204
202306 7.176 128.729 7.522
202309 -2.894 129.860 -3.007
202312 -8.958 129.419 -9.339
202403 4.514 131.776 4.622
202406 5.124 132.554 5.216
202409 0.265 133.029 0.269
202412 1.649 133.157 1.671
202503 7.438 134.927 7.438

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 Airlines Holdings  (LTS:0LIU) 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 Airlines Holdings Business Description

Address
233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
United Airlines is a major US network carrier with hubs in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, and Washington, D.C. United operates a hub-and-spoke system that is more focused on international and long-haul travel than its large US peers.

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