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Basf SE (WBO:BAS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 10.95 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Basf SE's current share price is €42.16. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €3.85. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 10.95.

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

WBO:BAS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.91   Med: 16.79   Max: 27.44
Current: 10.99

During the past years, Basf SE's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 27.44. The lowest was 9.91. And the median was 16.79.

WBO:BAS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
71.96% of 560 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.025 vs WBO:BAS: 10.99

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.

Basf SE's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-2.015. 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 €3.85 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Basf SE 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 17.20 15.94 11.01 11.54 10.13

Basf SE 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 13.22 10.97 11.66 10.13 11.90

Competitive Comparison of Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Chemicals subindustry, Basf SE'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.


Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Basf SE 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=42.16/3.85
=10.95

* 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.

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

For example, Basf SE'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)
=-2.015/127.7792*127.7792
=-2.015

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 127.7792.

Basf SE Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.291 100.417 1.643
201509 1.960 100.417 2.494
201512 -0.511 99.717 -0.655
201603 0.049 100.017 0.063
201606 1.432 100.717 1.817
201609 1.710 101.017 2.163
201612 0.698 101.217 0.881
201703 0.072 101.417 0.091
201706 2.282 102.117 2.855
201709 3.073 102.717 3.823
201712 -0.219 102.617 -0.273
201803 0.658 102.917 0.817
201806 1.525 104.017 1.873
201809 2.124 104.718 2.592
201812 0.094 104.217 0.115
201903 -0.401 104.217 -0.492
201906 1.051 105.718 1.270
201909 1.167 106.018 1.407
201912 2.142 105.818 2.587
202003 -1.741 105.718 -2.104
202006 1.658 106.618 1.987
202009 1.485 105.818 1.793
202012 1.084 105.518 1.313
202103 -1.068 107.518 -1.269
202106 1.926 108.486 2.269
202109 1.169 109.435 1.365
202112 2.000 110.384 2.315
202203 -0.978 113.968 -1.097
202206 0.372 115.760 0.411
202209 1.443 118.818 1.552
202212 2.884 119.345 3.088
202303 -2.109 122.402 -2.202
202306 1.014 123.140 1.052
202309 1.641 124.195 1.688
202312 2.470 123.773 2.550
202403 -1.631 125.038 -1.667
202406 0.528 125.882 0.536
202409 0.636 126.198 0.644
202412 1.292 127.041 1.300
202503 -2.015 127.779 -2.015

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.


Basf SE  (WBO:BAS) 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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Founded in 1865 and based in Germany, BASF is the world's largest chemical company, with products spanning the full chemical spectrum of commodity to specialty. In addition, the company is a strong player in agricultural crop protection chemicals and emissions control catalysts for cars and trucks. Given its sheer size, BASF has a top-three market position in approximately 70% of its businesses. The company is undergoing a transformation where it will divest the surface technologies and agricultural solutions businesses over the next several years. These two segments combine to generate nearly 35% of total revenue.

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