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AeroVironment (STU:JPX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 332.24 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is AeroVironment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), AeroVironment's current share price is €162.80. AeroVironment's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was €0.49. AeroVironment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 332.24.

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

STU:JPX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 28.56   Med: 84.32   Max: 351.25
Current: 341.84

During the past years, AeroVironment's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 351.25. The lowest was 28.56. And the median was 84.32.

STU:JPX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
91.26% of 103 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 47.97 vs STU:JPX: 341.84

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.

AeroVironment's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was €-1.020. 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 €0.49 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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AeroVironment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

AeroVironment Annual Data
Trend Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 81.89 114.75 90.78 122.30 241.48

AeroVironment Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
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 134.63 241.48 273.06 330.18 340.34

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, AeroVironment'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.


AeroVironment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, AeroVironment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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AeroVironment 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=162.80/0.49
=332.24

* 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.

AeroVironment's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, AeroVironment's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=-1.02/134.0288*134.0288
=-1.020

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

AeroVironment Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 0.740 99.824 0.994
201507 -0.484 100.691 -0.644
201510 -0.520 100.346 -0.695
201601 0.629 99.957 0.843
201604 0.167 100.947 0.222
201607 -0.153 101.524 -0.202
201610 -0.272 101.988 -0.357
201701 -0.457 102.456 -0.598
201704 0.096 103.167 0.125
201707 0.690 103.278 0.895
201710 0.003 104.070 0.004
201801 0.061 104.578 0.078
201804 1.337 105.708 1.695
201807 -0.107 106.324 -0.135
201810 -0.205 106.695 -0.258
201901 0.055 106.200 0.069
201904 0.647 107.818 0.804
201907 0.045 108.250 0.056
201910 -0.005 108.577 -0.006
202001 0.208 108.841 0.256
202004 0.279 108.173 0.346
202007 0.819 109.318 1.004
202010 1.046 109.861 1.276
202101 0.607 110.364 0.737
202104 0.161 112.673 0.192
202107 -0.712 115.183 -0.828
202110 0.147 116.696 0.169
202201 -0.844 118.619 -0.954
202204 0.312 121.978 0.343
202207 0.416 125.002 0.446
202210 0.565 125.734 0.602
202301 -0.952 126.223 -1.011
202304 -0.077 127.992 -0.081
202307 -0.715 128.974 -0.743
202310 -0.580 129.810 -0.599
202401 1.596 130.124 1.644
202404 -0.688 132.289 -0.697
202407 0.747 132.708 0.754
202410 -0.282 133.182 -0.284
202501 -1.020 134.029 -1.020

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.


AeroVironment  (STU:JPX) 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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AeroVironment Business Description

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Address
241 18th Street South, Suite 415, Arlington, VA, USA, 22202
AeroVironment Inc operates under a single business segment in which it supplies unmanned aircraft systems, tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudo-satellites, and other related services to government agencies within the United States Department of Defense as well as the United States allied international governments. The systems can help with security, surveillance, or sensing, and provide eyes in the sky without needing an actual person, or driver in the sky.

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