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GATX (STU:GAX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 22.71 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is GATX Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-26), GATX's current share price is €124.00. GATX's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €5.46. GATX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 22.71.

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

STU:GAX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.18   Med: 40.21   Max: 1795.71
Current: 23.15

During the past years, GATX's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1795.71. The lowest was 21.18. And the median was 40.21.

STU:GAX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
61.84% of 359 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 18.39 vs STU:GAX: 23.15

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.

GATX's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.501. 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 €5.46 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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GATX Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

GATX 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 - - 1,458.10 41.25 22.90

GATX 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 33.99 31.81 22.68 22.90 22.72

Competitive Comparison of GATX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, GATX'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.


GATX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, GATX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



GATX 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=124.00/5.46
=22.71

* 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.

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

For example, GATX'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)
=2.501/131.7762*131.7762
=2.501

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

GATX Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.855 100.560 2.431
201409 2.012 100.428 2.640
201412 2.960 99.070 3.937
201503 -0.901 99.621 -1.192
201506 2.735 100.684 3.580
201509 2.086 100.392 2.738
201512 -9.664 99.792 -12.761
201603 -0.277 100.470 -0.363
201606 3.270 101.688 4.238
201609 -5.743 101.861 -7.430
201612 0.953 101.863 1.233
201703 -0.647 102.862 -0.829
201706 3.878 103.349 4.945
201709 -7.326 104.136 -9.271
201712 0.348 104.011 0.441
201803 0.803 105.290 1.005
201806 2.887 106.317 3.578
201809 2.384 106.507 2.950
201812 -17.400 105.998 -21.632
201903 1.534 107.251 1.885
201906 2.689 108.070 3.279
201909 3.059 108.329 3.721
201912 4.161 108.420 5.057
202003 1.355 108.902 1.640
202006 3.457 108.767 4.188
202009 2.465 109.815 2.958
202012 3.325 109.897 3.987
202103 1.788 111.754 2.108
202106 2.817 114.631 3.238
202109 3.339 115.734 3.802
202112 4.110 117.630 4.604
202203 2.527 121.301 2.745
202206 3.056 125.017 3.221
202209 3.850 125.227 4.051
202212 4.757 125.222 5.006
202303 2.478 127.348 2.564
202306 4.225 128.729 4.325
202309 3.709 129.860 3.764
202312 3.064 129.419 3.120
202403 2.501 131.776 2.501

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.


GATX  (STU:GAX) 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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GATX (STU:GAX) Business Description

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Address
233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606-7147
GATX Corp is a provider of railcar leasing and maintenance services. GATX operates four business segments: rail North America, rail international, and portfolio management. The rail business offers railcar leasing and maintenance, as well as asset-related, financial, and management services. The company owns and leases fleets in North America, Europe, and Asia, which consist of tank and freight railcars. Industries served to include refining and petroleum, chemicals and plastics, railroads and other transportation, mining, and food and agriculture.

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