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eBay (MEX:EBAY) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 20.31 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is eBay Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), eBay's current share price is MXN1417.09. eBay's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN69.78. eBay's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 20.31.

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

MEX:EBAY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.91   Med: 14.44   Max: 26
Current: 22.3

During the past years, eBay's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 26.00. The lowest was 9.91. And the median was 14.44.

MEX:EBAY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
65.6% of 436 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 13.165 vs MEX:EBAY: 22.30

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.

eBay's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN27.737. 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 MXN69.78 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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eBay Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

eBay 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 17.97 21.36 12.24 12.69 18.26

eBay 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 15.12 15.65 18.98 18.26 19.59

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

For the Internet Retail subindustry, eBay'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.


eBay's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, eBay's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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eBay 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=1417.09/69.78
=20.31

* 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.

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

For example, eBay'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)
=27.737/134.9266*134.9266
=27.737

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

eBay Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 12.232 100.684 16.392
201509 6.135 100.392 8.245
201512 13.032 99.792 17.620
201603 7.106 100.470 9.543
201606 9.915 101.688 13.156
201609 10.474 101.861 13.874
201612 8.933 101.863 11.833
201703 7.638 102.862 10.019
201706 8.566 103.349 11.183
201709 12.121 104.136 15.705
201712 15.119 104.011 19.613
201803 5.950 105.290 7.625
201806 3.679 106.317 4.669
201809 7.212 106.507 9.136
201812 23.401 105.998 29.788
201903 7.904 107.251 9.944
201906 13.537 108.070 16.901
201909 21.888 108.329 27.262
201912 16.149 108.420 20.097
202003 15.333 108.902 18.997
202006 28.471 108.767 35.318
202009 -0.593 109.815 -0.729
202012 17.209 109.897 21.128
202103 28.287 111.754 34.152
202106 28.130 114.631 33.110
202109 3.000 115.734 3.497
202112 6.307 117.630 7.234
202203 17.978 121.301 19.997
202206 4.233 125.017 4.569
202209 23.015 125.227 24.798
202212 19.065 125.222 20.543
202303 23.622 127.348 25.028
202306 15.580 128.729 16.330
202309 25.441 129.860 26.434
202312 -0.130 129.419 -0.136
202403 15.093 131.776 15.454
202406 10.045 132.554 10.225
202409 25.749 133.029 26.116
202412 24.181 133.157 24.502
202503 27.737 134.927 27.737

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.


eBay  (MEX:EBAY) 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.


eBay Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms

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eBay Business Description

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2025 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA, USA, 95125
EBay operates one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in the world, with $75 billion in 2024 gross merchandise volume rendering the firm a top 10 global e-commerce company. It generates revenue from listing fees, advertising, revenue-sharing arrangements with service providers, and managed payments, with its platform connecting more than 130 million buyers and roughly 20 million sellers across almost 190 global markets at the end of 2024. EBay generates just north of 50% of its GMV in international markets, with a large presence in the UK, Germany, and Australia.