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First National Financial (TSX:FN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is First National Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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First National Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for First National Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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First National Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of First National Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, First National Financial'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.


First National Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, First National Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



First National Financial 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.

First National Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, First National Financial's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=3.891/125.4675*125.4675
=3.891

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

First National Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.870 98.604 -1.107
201406 -7.823 99.473 -9.867
201409 0.572 99.394 0.722
201412 4.135 98.367 5.274
201503 -2.775 99.789 -3.489
201506 -2.629 100.500 -3.282
201509 7.043 100.421 8.800
201512 -1.481 99.947 -1.859
201603 7.096 101.054 8.810
201606 -23.790 102.002 -29.263
201609 10.307 101.765 12.708
201612 4.125 101.449 5.102
201703 4.033 102.634 4.930
201706 -7.230 103.029 -8.805
201709 -2.045 103.345 -2.483
201712 8.410 103.345 10.210
201803 0.805 105.004 0.962
201806 -11.461 105.557 -13.623
201809 -1.306 105.636 -1.551
201812 6.292 105.399 7.490
201903 3.076 106.979 3.608
201906 -2.848 107.690 -3.318
201909 4.616 107.611 5.382
201912 2.708 107.769 3.153
202003 -7.922 107.927 -9.209
202006 7.455 108.401 8.629
202009 -6.876 108.164 -7.976
202012 3.163 108.559 3.656
202103 4.103 110.298 4.667
202106 -12.534 111.720 -14.076
202109 11.905 112.905 13.230
202112 -10.726 113.774 -11.828
202203 0.180 117.646 0.192
202206 1.966 120.806 2.042
202209 -3.386 120.648 -3.521
202212 9.524 120.964 9.879
202303 12.320 122.702 12.598
202306 -14.172 124.203 -14.316
202309 -3.868 125.230 -3.875
202312 3.891 125.468 3.891

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.


First National Financial  (TSX:FN) 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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First National Financial (TSX:FN) Business Description

Address
16 York Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 0E6
First National Financial Corp is the parent company of First National Financial LP, a Canadian originator, underwriter, and servicer of predominantly prime residential and commercial mortgages. The company controls its First National Mortgage Investment Fund, which manages economic exposure to a diversified portfolio of primarily commercial mezzanine mortgages. Most mortgages originated by First National are funded either by placement with institutional investors or through securitization conduits, in each case with retained servicing. In general, originations are allocated from one funding source to another depending on market conditions and strategic considerations related to maintaining diversified funding sources.