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Power of Canada (TSX:POW.PR.E) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 3.88 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Power of Canada Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), Power of Canada's current share price is C$50.05. Power of Canada's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$12.90. Power of Canada's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 3.88.

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

TSX:POW.PR.E' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.33   Med: 2.33   Max: 3.72
Current: 3.72

During the past years, Power of Canada's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 3.72. The lowest was 1.33. And the median was 2.33.

TSX:POW.PR.E's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
89.1% of 312 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.155 vs TSX:POW.PR.E: 3.72

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.

Power of Canada's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$-0.631. 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 C$12.90 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Power of Canada Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Power of Canada'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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Power of Canada Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Power of Canada Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.02 2.72 2.07 2.51 3.10

Power of Canada 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 2.55 2.56 2.97 3.10 3.57

Competitive Comparison of Power of Canada's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Power of Canada'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.


Power of Canada's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Power of Canada's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Power of Canada 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.

Power of Canada's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=50.05/12.90
=3.88

* 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.

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

For example, Power of Canada'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)
=-0.631/129.1809*129.1809
=-0.631

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Power of Canada Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 3.366 100.500 4.327
201509 3.645 100.421 4.689
201512 2.683 99.947 3.468
201603 2.736 101.054 3.498
201606 4.409 102.002 5.584
201609 4.193 101.765 5.323
201612 3.186 101.449 4.057
201703 3.110 102.634 3.914
201706 2.911 103.029 3.650
201709 3.892 103.345 4.865
201712 4.889 103.345 6.111
201803 2.502 105.004 3.078
201806 2.989 105.557 3.658
201809 5.821 105.636 7.118
201812 3.951 105.399 4.842
201903 1.595 106.979 1.926
201906 6.994 107.690 8.390
201909 3.535 107.611 4.244
201912 3.140 107.769 3.764
202003 3.437 107.927 4.114
202006 2.574 108.401 3.067
202009 6.578 108.164 7.856
202012 2.928 108.559 3.484
202103 2.401 110.298 2.812
202106 1.647 111.720 1.904
202109 8.402 112.905 9.613
202112 2.916 113.774 3.311
202203 1.759 117.646 1.931
202206 3.748 120.806 4.008
202209 2.207 120.648 2.363
202212 -2.624 120.964 -2.802
202303 -0.268 122.702 -0.282
202306 3.650 124.203 3.796
202309 0.913 125.230 0.942
202312 2.710 125.072 2.799
202403 0.316 126.258 0.323
202406 2.506 127.522 2.539
202409 1.805 127.285 1.832
202412 3.165 127.364 3.210
202503 -0.631 129.181 -0.631

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.


Power of Canada  (TSX:POW.PR.E) 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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Power of Canada Business Description

Address
751 Victoria Square, Montreal, QC, CAN, H2Y 2J3
Power Corporation of Canada is a holding company with controlling interests in Great-West Lifeco (an insurance conglomerate), IGM Financial (Canada's largest nonbank asset manager), and other alternative asset-management platforms (Sagard and Power Sustainable). The company also has minority interests in Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (a holding company with interests in European companies).

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