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Meridian Energy (NZSE:MEL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 37.81 (As of May. 06, 2024)


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What is Meridian Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-06), Meridian Energy's current share price is NZ$6.05. Meridian Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jun23 was NZ$0.16. Meridian Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 37.81.

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

NZSE:MEL' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 28.19   Med: 40.38   Max: 83.09
Current: 37.74

During the past 13 years, Meridian Energy's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 83.09. The lowest was 28.19. And the median was 40.38.

NZSE:MEL's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
78.51% of 121 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 14.38 vs NZSE:MEL: 37.74

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.

Meridian Energy's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Jun23 was NZ$0.070. 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 NZ$0.16 for the trailing ten years ended in Jun23.

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Meridian Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Meridian Energy Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 43.99 42.43 43.77 29.84 34.65

Meridian Energy Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 - 29.84 - 34.65 -

Competitive Comparison of Meridian Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Meridian Energy'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.


Meridian Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Meridian Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Meridian Energy 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=6.05/0.16
=37.81

* 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.

Meridian Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jun23 is calculated as:

For example, Meridian Energy's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Jun23 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jun23 (Change)*Current CPI (Jun23)
=0.07/125.8458*125.8458
=0.070

Current CPI (Jun23) = 125.8458.

Meridian Energy Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.050 99.646 0.063
201506 0.115 100.063 0.145
201606 0.153 100.480 0.192
201706 0.162 102.231 0.199
201806 0.145 103.764 0.176
201906 0.221 105.502 0.264
202006 0.211 107.035 0.248
202106 0.124 110.614 0.141
202206 0.112 118.690 0.119
202306 0.070 125.846 0.070

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.


Meridian Energy  (NZSE:MEL) 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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Meridian Energy (NZSE:MEL) Business Description

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Address
287-293 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, STL, NZL, 8013
Meridian is New Zealand's largest electricity generator, operating hydro stations and wind farms in New Zealand. Nearly 90% of its electricity is generated from low-cost hydro power plants, with wind making up the rest. The company's main competitors are vertically integrated firms, such as Mercury NZ, Genesis Energy, Contact Energy, and Trustpower.

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