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Basf SE (MEX:BAS N) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 12.34 (As of Jul. 15, 2025)


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What is Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-15), Basf SE's current share price is MXN920.72. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN74.61. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 12.34.

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

MEX:BAS N' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.91   Med: 16.59   Max: 26.89
Current: 11.23

During the past years, Basf SE's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 26.89. The lowest was 9.91. And the median was 16.59.

MEX:BAS N's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
71.86% of 565 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.97 vs MEX:BAS N: 11.23

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.

Basf SE's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN-44.555. 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 MXN74.61 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Basf SE 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 17.20 15.94 11.01 11.54 10.13

Basf SE 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 13.22 10.97 11.66 10.13 11.90

Competitive Comparison of Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Chemicals subindustry, Basf SE'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.


Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Basf SE 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=920.72/74.61
=12.34

* 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.

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

For example, Basf SE'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)
=-44.555/127.7792*127.7792
=-44.555

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 127.7792.

Basf SE Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 22.739 100.417 28.935
201509 37.174 100.417 47.304
201512 -9.563 99.717 -12.254
201603 0.939 100.017 1.200
201606 29.750 100.717 37.744
201609 37.098 101.017 46.926
201612 15.186 101.217 19.171
201703 1.447 101.417 1.823
201706 46.339 102.117 57.984
201709 66.461 102.717 82.677
201712 -5.101 102.617 -6.352
201803 14.731 102.917 18.290
201806 35.010 104.017 43.008
201809 46.362 104.718 56.572
201812 2.110 104.217 2.587
201903 -8.782 104.217 -10.767
201906 22.804 105.718 27.563
201909 25.376 106.018 30.585
201912 44.892 105.818 54.209
202003 -45.106 105.718 -54.519
202006 43.086 106.618 51.638
202009 38.641 105.818 46.661
202012 26.226 105.518 31.759
202103 -25.991 107.518 -30.889
202106 46.197 108.486 54.413
202109 28.278 109.435 33.018
202112 46.360 110.384 53.666
202203 -21.451 113.968 -24.051
202206 7.912 115.760 8.733
202209 28.741 118.818 30.909
202212 59.566 119.345 63.776
202303 -40.694 122.402 -42.482
202306 18.834 123.140 19.543
202309 30.514 124.195 31.395
202312 45.729 123.773 47.209
202403 -29.428 125.038 -30.073
202406 10.407 125.882 10.564
202409 13.908 126.198 14.082
202412 28.220 127.041 28.384
202503 -44.555 127.779 -44.555

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.


Basf SE  (MEX:BAS N) 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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Founded in 1865 and based in Germany, BASF is the world's largest chemical company, with products spanning the full chemical spectrum of commodity to specialty. In addition, the company is a strong player in agricultural crop protection chemicals and emissions control catalysts for cars and trucks. Given its sheer size, BASF has a top-three market position in approximately 70% of its businesses. The company is undergoing a transformation where it will divest the surface technologies and agricultural solutions businesses over the next several years. These two segments combine to generate nearly 35% of total revenue.

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