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Liberty Global (STU:3O41) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 3.47 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Liberty Global Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-03), Liberty Global's current share price is €15.395. Liberty Global's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €4.44. Liberty Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 3.47.

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

STU:3O41' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6.76   Max: 19.81
Current: 3.41

During the past years, Liberty Global's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 19.81. The lowest was 3.00. And the median was 6.76.

STU:3O41's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
90% of 190 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 13.295 vs STU:3O41: 3.41

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.

Liberty Global's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.251. 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 €4.44 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Liberty Global Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Liberty Global Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.67 5.68 6.12 3.87 3.56

Liberty Global Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 3.96 3.34 3.40 3.56 3.47

Competitive Comparison of Liberty Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Liberty Global'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.


Liberty Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Liberty Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Liberty Global 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=15.395/4.44
=3.47

* 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.

Liberty Global's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Liberty Global's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-0.251/130.0000*130.0000
=-0.251

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 130.0000.

Liberty Global Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.727 99.800 0.947
201409 0.481 100.000 0.625
201412 0.700 99.900 0.911
201503 0.689 99.600 0.899
201506 0.595 100.100 0.773
201509 0.799 100.200 1.037
201512 1.141 100.400 1.477
201603 0.412 100.400 0.533
201606 1.024 101.000 1.318
201609 0.731 101.500 0.936
201612 2.305 102.200 2.932
201703 0.503 102.700 0.637
201706 1.715 103.500 2.154
201709 1.070 104.300 1.334
201712 1.317 105.000 1.631
201803 0.798 105.100 0.987
201806 1.811 105.900 2.223
201809 0.639 106.600 0.779
201812 1.693 107.100 2.055
201903 0.518 107.000 0.629
201906 1.674 107.900 2.017
201909 0.464 108.400 0.556
201912 1.746 108.500 2.092
202003 0.146 108.600 0.175
202006 1.218 108.800 1.455
202009 1.193 109.200 1.420
202012 1.583 109.400 1.881
202103 0.515 109.700 0.610
202106 1.085 111.400 1.266
202109 0.512 112.400 0.592
202112 1.116 114.700 1.265
202203 0.484 116.500 0.540
202206 0.921 120.500 0.994
202209 0.514 122.300 0.546
202212 1.035 125.300 1.074
202303 -0.143 126.800 -0.147
202306 0.795 129.400 0.799
202309 -0.002 130.100 -0.002
202312 1.101 130.000 1.101
202403 -0.251 130.000 -0.251

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.


Liberty Global  (STU:3O41) 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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Liberty Global (STU:3O41) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
161 Hammersmith Road, Griffin House, London, GBR, W6 8BS
Liberty Global is a holding company with interests in several telecom companies in the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, and Slovakia. Liberty is the owner of the main cable network in each of these geographies and has pursued a strategy since 2016 to merge or partner with mobile-network-operators to be able to offer converged services. Liberty also owns minority stakes in other media, entertainment, and cloud companies.

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