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Elekta AB (OSTO:EKTA B) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 18.50 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Elekta AB Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), Elekta AB's current share price is kr49.40. Elekta AB's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was kr2.67. Elekta AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 18.50.

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

OSTO:EKTA B' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.05   Med: 34.17   Max: 53.86
Current: 18.67

During the past years, Elekta AB's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 53.86. The lowest was 17.05. And the median was 34.17.

OSTO:EKTA B's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
72.06% of 247 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 36.39 vs OSTO:EKTA B: 18.67

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.

Elekta AB's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was kr3.268. 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 kr2.67 for the trailing ten years ended in Apr. 2025.

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Elekta AB Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Elekta AB Annual Data
Trend Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24 Apr25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 40.65 23.92 33.82 29.55 18.37

Elekta AB Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
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 29.55 25.22 25.03 23.90 18.37

Competitive Comparison of Elekta AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Elekta AB'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.


Elekta AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Elekta AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Elekta AB 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=49.40/2.67
=18.50

* 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.

Elekta AB's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Elekta AB's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Apr. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2025)
=3.268/132.8245*132.8245
=3.268

Current CPI (Apr. 2025) = 132.8245.

Elekta AB Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201507 -1.330 100.027 -1.766
201510 0.482 100.301 0.638
201601 0.460 99.931 0.611
201604 1.377 100.732 1.816
201607 -0.805 101.080 -1.058
201610 0.293 101.485 0.383
201701 0.585 101.326 0.767
201704 2.667 102.615 3.452
201707 -0.136 103.301 -0.175
201710 0.674 103.202 0.867
201801 1.392 102.925 1.796
201804 2.136 104.390 2.718
201807 -1.335 105.420 -1.682
201810 1.068 105.545 1.344
201901 -0.408 104.855 -0.517
201904 3.204 106.627 3.991
201907 -1.913 107.166 -2.371
201910 0.741 107.243 0.918
202001 -0.403 106.215 -0.504
202004 2.232 106.240 2.791
202007 0.160 107.731 0.197
202010 0.948 107.539 1.171
202101 1.301 107.897 1.602
202104 2.145 108.624 2.623
202107 -0.898 109.218 -1.092
202110 -0.042 110.562 -0.050
202201 0.487 111.876 0.578
202204 1.627 115.534 1.870
202207 -1.552 118.489 -1.740
202210 -1.092 122.561 -1.183
202301 -0.429 124.942 -0.456
202304 4.109 127.632 4.276
202307 -2.342 129.464 -2.403
202310 0.552 130.549 0.562
202401 1.652 131.720 1.666
202404 2.269 132.601 2.273
202407 -2.330 132.831 -2.330
202410 -0.083 132.604 -0.083
202501 1.908 132.943 1.906
202504 3.268 132.825 3.268

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.


Elekta AB  (OSTO:EKTA B) 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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Elekta AB Business Description

Address
Kungstensgatan 18, Box 7593, Stockholm, SWE, SE-103 93
Sweden-based Elekta develops, manufactures, and distributes treatment planning systems for neurosurgery and radiotherapy, including stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy. The company has an installed base of more than 7,300 linear accelerators, Gamma Knife and Unity platforms, as well as brachytherapy installations. The company's sales are evenly distributed across geographies, with North and South America accounting for 30%; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa accounting for 36%; and the Asia-Pacific contributing the remainder.

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