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CSI Solar Co (SHSE:688472) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is CSI Solar Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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CSI Solar Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for CSI Solar Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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CSI Solar Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

CSI Solar Co Annual Data
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CSI Solar Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of CSI Solar Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Solar subindustry, CSI Solar 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.


CSI Solar Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, CSI Solar Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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CSI Solar 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.

CSI Solar Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 is calculated as:

For example, CSI Solar Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec24 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec24)
=-1.476/114.8925*114.8925
=-1.476

Current CPI (Dec24) = 114.8925.

CSI Solar Co Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 0.000 99.000 0.000
201512 0.000 100.600 0.000
201612 0.000 102.600 0.000
201812 0.000 106.500 0.000
201912 0.000 111.200 0.000
202012 1.436 111.500 1.480
202112 -1.289 113.108 -1.309
202212 0.467 115.116 0.466
202312 0.009 114.781 0.009
202412 -1.476 114.893 -1.476

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.


CSI Solar Co  (SHSE:688472) 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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CSI Solar Co Business Description

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No. 199 Lushan Road, Suzhou High-tech Zone, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, CHN, 215129
CSI Solar is a leading Chinese solar module producer, ranking seventh by solar module shipments in 2024. The company's products are available in over 160 countries and regions. CSI operates a vertically integrated production process, encompassing solar wafers, cells, and module production.

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