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Sappi (STU:SPI) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 16.30 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Sappi Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), Sappi's current share price is €1.63. Sappi's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.10. Sappi's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 16.30.

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

STU:SPI' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.97   Med: 14.36   Max: 41.42
Current: 17.12

During the past years, Sappi's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 41.42. The lowest was 4.97. And the median was 14.36.

STU:SPI's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
57.14% of 119 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 14 vs STU:SPI: 17.12

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.

Sappi's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-0.314. 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 €0.10 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Sappi Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Sappi Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.03 31.73 18.11 10.54 17.42

Sappi 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 14.71 14.01 17.42 17.00 17.94

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

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Sappi'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.


Sappi's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Sappi's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Sappi 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=1.63/0.10
=16.30

* 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.

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

For example, Sappi'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)
=-0.314/157.6837*157.6837
=-0.314

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 157.6837.

Sappi Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.040 100.173 0.063
201509 0.265 101.154 0.413
201512 -0.039 101.808 -0.060
201603 0.156 104.969 0.234
201606 0.131 106.713 0.194
201609 0.260 107.694 0.381
201612 0.030 109.002 0.043
201703 0.029 111.400 0.041
201706 0.061 112.054 0.086
201709 0.080 112.926 0.112
201712 -0.014 113.907 -0.019
201803 -0.156 115.542 -0.213
201806 -0.064 116.959 -0.086
201809 0.039 118.376 0.052
201812 -0.006 118.921 -0.008
201903 -0.238 120.774 -0.311
201906 -0.028 122.191 -0.036
201909 0.286 123.281 0.366
201912 -0.193 123.717 -0.246
202003 0.007 125.679 0.009
202006 -0.102 124.807 -0.129
202009 0.131 126.878 0.163
202012 0.011 127.467 0.014
202103 -0.079 129.628 -0.096
202106 0.069 131.113 0.083
202109 0.050 133.273 0.059
202112 -0.001 135.029 -0.001
202203 0.157 137.594 0.180
202206 0.264 140.835 0.296
202209 0.383 143.671 0.420
202212 0.042 145.156 0.046
202303 0.077 147.586 0.082
202306 0.120 148.802 0.127
202309 0.106 151.502 0.110
202312 -0.082 152.718 -0.085
202403 -0.371 155.418 -0.376
202406 -0.023 156.269 -0.023
202409 -0.046 157.212 -0.046
202412 -0.165 157.212 -0.165
202503 -0.314 157.684 -0.314

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.


Sappi  (STU:SPI) 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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Sappi Business Description

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Address
108 Oxford Road, Ground Floor, Houghton Estate, Rosebank, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2198
Sappi Ltd produces and sells a variety of paper and paper-related products. The products and services include Dissolving pulp, Graphic papers, Packaging and speciality papers, Casting and release papers, Biomaterials and Bio-energy. The company organizes itself into geographical segments namely, North America, Europe, and Southern Africa. More of the revenue comes from Europe than any other geography.

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