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Alphabet (WAR:GOGL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 43.17 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Alphabet Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Alphabet's current share price is zł635.00. Alphabet's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was zł14.71. Alphabet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 43.17.

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

WAR:GOGL' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 33.85   Med: 49.55   Max: 77.84
Current: 43.86

During the past years, Alphabet's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 77.84. The lowest was 33.85. And the median was 49.55.

WAR:GOGL's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
75.18% of 141 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 22.18 vs WAR:GOGL: 43.86

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.

Alphabet's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was zł5.834. 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 zł14.71 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Alphabet Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Alphabet 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 54.44 68.23 34.14 44.88 51.66

Alphabet 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 46.08 53.99 47.48 51.66 40.36

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Alphabet'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.


Alphabet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Alphabet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Alphabet 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=635.00/14.71
=43.17

* 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.

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

For example, Alphabet'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)
=5.834/134.9266*134.9266
=5.834

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Alphabet Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.243 100.684 1.666
201509 1.010 100.392 1.357
201512 1.212 99.792 1.639
201603 1.398 100.470 1.877
201606 1.879 101.688 2.493
201609 1.957 101.861 2.592
201612 1.696 101.863 2.247
201703 1.880 102.862 2.466
201706 1.219 103.349 1.591
201709 1.688 104.136 2.187
201712 1.585 104.011 2.056
201803 1.155 105.290 1.480
201806 1.241 106.317 1.575
201809 2.112 106.507 2.676
201812 1.580 105.998 2.011
201903 1.970 107.251 2.478
201906 1.742 108.070 2.175
201909 2.346 108.329 2.922
201912 2.259 108.420 2.811
202003 1.475 108.902 1.827
202006 2.348 108.767 2.913
202009 3.171 109.815 3.896
202012 4.722 109.897 5.797
202103 3.669 111.754 4.430
202106 4.523 114.631 5.324
202109 5.189 115.734 6.049
202112 5.173 117.630 5.934
202203 4.303 121.301 4.786
202206 3.330 125.017 3.594
202209 4.594 125.227 4.950
202212 4.654 125.222 5.015
202303 4.712 127.348 4.992
202306 6.398 128.729 6.706
202309 6.676 129.860 6.936
202312 2.349 129.419 2.449
202403 4.713 131.776 4.826
202406 4.038 132.554 4.110
202409 5.326 133.029 5.402
202412 7.543 133.157 7.643
202503 5.834 134.927 5.834

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.


Alphabet  (WAR:GOGL) 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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Alphabet Business Description

Address
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94043
Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV, YouTube Music among others), platforms (sales and in-app purchases on Play Store), and devices (Chromebooks, Pixel smartphones, and smart home products such as Chromecast). Google's cloud computing platform, or GCP, accounts for roughly 10% of Alphabet's revenue with the firm's investments in up-and-coming technologies such as self-driving cars (Waymo), health (Verily), and internet access (Google Fiber) making up the rest.