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WestRock Co (LTS:0LW9) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 11.61 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is WestRock Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-27), WestRock Co's current share price is $53.86. WestRock Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4.64. WestRock Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 11.61.

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

LTS:0LW9' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.55   Med: 11.7   Max: 22.49
Current: 11.61

During the past years, WestRock Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 22.49. The lowest was 5.55. And the median was 11.70.

LTS:0LW9's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
68.79% of 157 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 17.05 vs LTS:0LW9: 11.61

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.

WestRock Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.019. 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 $4.64 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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WestRock Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

WestRock Co Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.54 8.96 11.32 6.11 7.21

WestRock Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 6.22 5.84 7.21 8.70 10.61

Competitive Comparison of WestRock Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, WestRock Co'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.


WestRock Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, WestRock Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



WestRock Co 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=53.86/4.64
=11.61

* 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.

WestRock Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-1.019/131.7762*131.7762
=-1.019

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

WestRock Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.462 100.560 0.605
201409 1.693 100.428 2.221
201412 1.439 99.070 1.914
201503 0.772 99.621 1.021
201506 0.996 100.684 1.304
201509 0.624 100.392 0.819
201512 1.218 99.792 1.608
201603 0.146 100.470 0.191
201606 1.309 101.688 1.696
201609 0.780 101.861 1.009
201612 1.337 101.863 1.730
201703 0.434 102.862 0.556
201706 1.636 103.349 2.086
201709 0.979 104.136 1.239
201712 0.121 104.011 0.153
201803 0.060 105.290 0.075
201806 1.624 106.317 2.013
201809 2.237 106.507 2.768
201812 -0.073 105.998 -0.091
201903 0.226 107.251 0.278
201906 1.482 108.070 1.807
201909 2.000 108.329 2.433
201912 0.217 108.420 0.264
202003 -0.284 108.902 -0.344
202006 1.906 108.767 2.309
202009 2.360 109.815 2.832
202012 2.072 109.897 2.485
202103 0.000 111.754 0.000
202106 2.039 114.631 2.344
202109 1.366 115.734 1.555
202112 0.299 117.630 0.335
202203 0.787 121.301 0.855
202206 2.416 125.017 2.547
202209 0.964 125.227 1.014
202212 -0.063 125.222 -0.066
202303 0.010 127.348 0.010
202306 1.708 128.729 1.748
202309 1.013 129.860 1.028
202312 0.108 129.419 0.110
202403 -1.019 131.776 -1.019

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.


WestRock Co  (LTS:0LW9) 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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WestRock Co (LTS:0LW9) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1000 Abernathy Road, North East, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
WestRock manufactures corrugated packaging and consumer packaging, such as folding cartons and paperboard. After the merger of RockTenn and MeadWestvaco in fall 2015, WestRock became the largest North American producer of solid bleached sulfate and the second-largest producer of containerboard, which is used in the production of shipping containers.

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