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Compass Minerals International (STU:CM8) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.14 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Compass Minerals International Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-20), Compass Minerals International's current share price is €12.00. Compass Minerals International's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.70. Compass Minerals International's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.14.

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

STU:CM8' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.81   Med: 28.25   Max: 41.61
Current: 17.2

During the past years, Compass Minerals International's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 41.61. The lowest was 13.81. And the median was 28.25.

STU:CM8's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
61.45% of 249 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 22.48 vs STU:CM8: 17.20

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.

Compass Minerals International's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.290. 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 €0.70 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Compass Minerals International Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compass Minerals International'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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Compass Minerals International Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Compass Minerals International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.29 32.32 35.89 20.88 17.34

Compass Minerals International 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 18.97 21.55 17.34 22.24 20.59

Competitive Comparison of Compass Minerals International's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Compass Minerals International'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.


Compass Minerals International's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Compass Minerals International's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Compass Minerals International's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Compass Minerals International 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.

Compass Minerals International's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=12.00/0.7
=17.14

* 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.

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

For example, Compass Minerals International'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)
=1.29/131.7762*131.7762
=1.290

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Compass Minerals International Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.502 100.560 -0.658
201409 -1.538 100.428 -2.018
201412 1.724 99.070 2.293
201503 2.216 99.621 2.931
201506 -1.541 100.684 -2.017
201509 -2.160 100.392 -2.835
201512 -0.556 99.792 -0.734
201603 1.299 100.470 1.704
201606 0.166 101.688 0.215
201609 -2.550 101.861 -3.299
201612 0.749 101.863 0.969
201703 2.882 102.862 3.692
201706 -0.387 103.349 -0.493
201709 -1.039 104.136 -1.315
201712 -0.262 104.011 -0.332
201803 3.595 105.290 4.499
201806 -0.518 106.317 -0.642
201809 -0.919 106.507 -1.137
201812 -0.200 105.998 -0.249
201903 2.793 107.251 3.432
201906 -1.170 108.070 -1.427
201909 -0.959 108.329 -1.167
201912 0.935 108.420 1.136
202003 5.429 108.902 6.569
202006 -0.317 108.767 -0.384
202009 -1.641 109.815 -1.969
202012 -0.854 109.897 -1.024
202103 4.495 111.754 5.300
202106 -0.258 114.631 -0.297
202109 -2.009 115.734 -2.287
202112 -0.748 117.630 -0.838
202203 3.492 121.301 3.794
202206 -0.620 125.017 -0.654
202209 -1.661 125.227 -1.748
202212 -0.423 125.222 -0.445
202303 2.681 127.348 2.774
202306 -1.297 128.729 -1.328
202309 -2.065 129.860 -2.095
202312 -2.245 129.419 -2.286
202403 1.290 131.776 1.290

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.


Compass Minerals International  (STU:CM8) 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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Compass Minerals International (STU:CM8) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9900 West 109th Street, Suite 100, Overland Park, KS, USA, 66210
Compass Minerals currently produces two primary products: salt and specialty potash fertilizer. The company's main assets include rock salt mines in Ontario, Louisiana, and the United Kingdom and a salt brine operation at the Great Salt Lake in Utah that produces sulfate of potash and magnesium chloride. Compass' salt products are used for deicing and also by industrial and consumer end markets. The firm's sulfate of potash is used by growers of high-value crops that are sensitive to standard potash. Compass also sells fire retardants, with its magnesium chloride-based products used to combat forest fires.

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