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SOMMY (Sumitomo Chemical Co) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 3.00 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Sumitomo Chemical Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-03), Sumitomo Chemical Co's current share price is $11.89. Sumitomo Chemical Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.96. Sumitomo Chemical Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 3.00.

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

SOMMY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.28   Med: 3.74   Max: 8.18
Current: 2.93

During the past years, Sumitomo Chemical Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 8.18. The lowest was 2.28. And the median was 3.74.

SOMMY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
96.96% of 559 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.07 vs SOMMY: 2.93

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.

Sumitomo Chemical Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.892. 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 $3.96 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Sumitomo Chemical Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sumitomo Chemical Co'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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Sumitomo Chemical Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Sumitomo Chemical Co Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.80 3.93 3.30 2.96 3.05

Sumitomo Chemical Co 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 2.96 3.23 3.70 3.05 3.05

Competitive Comparison of Sumitomo Chemical Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Chemicals subindustry, Sumitomo Chemical 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.


Sumitomo Chemical Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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


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Sumitomo Chemical 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.

Sumitomo Chemical Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=11.89/3.96
=3.00

* 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.

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

For example, Sumitomo Chemical Co'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)
=1.892/111.1000*111.1000
=1.892

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 111.1000.

Sumitomo Chemical Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.000 98.400 0.000
201509 0.000 98.500 0.000
201512 0.000 98.100 0.000
201603 0.000 97.900 0.000
201606 0.000 98.100 0.000
201609 0.000 98.000 0.000
201612 0.000 98.400 0.000
201703 0.000 98.100 0.000
201706 0.812 98.500 0.916
201709 2.384 98.800 2.681
201712 0.959 99.400 1.072
201803 4.095 99.200 4.586
201806 -0.477 99.200 -0.534
201809 1.985 99.900 2.208
201812 0.347 99.700 0.387
201903 3.847 99.700 4.287
201906 0.010 99.800 0.011
201909 1.978 100.100 2.195
201912 -0.177 100.500 -0.196
202003 1.204 100.300 1.334
202006 1.580 99.900 1.757
202009 2.925 99.900 3.253
202012 3.442 99.300 3.851
202103 2.843 99.900 3.162
202106 0.130 99.500 0.145
202109 2.013 100.100 2.234
202112 0.586 100.100 0.650
202203 1.875 101.100 2.060
202206 0.973 101.800 1.062
202209 0.872 103.100 0.940
202212 0.381 104.100 0.407
202303 0.258 104.400 0.275
202306 -2.854 105.200 -3.014
202309 0.343 106.200 0.359
202312 -0.417 106.800 -0.434
202403 1.707 107.200 1.769
202406 -0.936 108.200 -0.961
202409 1.621 108.900 1.654
202412 1.534 110.700 1.540
202503 1.892 111.100 1.892

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.


Sumitomo Chemical Co  (OTCPK:SOMMY) 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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Sumitomo Chemical Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 104-8260
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd manufactures and sells chemicals and chemical-based products. The firm is organized into six segments by product type. The petrochemicals and plastics segment, which generates more revenue than any other segment, sells multiple products including propylene and polypropylene used in automobile seat cushions and interior panels. The pharmaceutical segment sells medicine to treat diabetes, neurology, cancer, and infectious diseases. The IT-related chemicals segment sells compound semiconductors and polarizing films used in LCD displays for TVs and smartphones. The other three segments are health and crop sciences; energy and functional materials; and "others." The majority of revenue comes from Japan and China.