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Salesforce (WBO:CRM) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 57.11 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-01), Salesforce's current share price is €254.70. Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €4.46. Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 57.11.

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

WBO:CRM' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 35.24   Med: 89.03   Max: 135.3
Current: 57.44

During the past years, Salesforce's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 135.30. The lowest was 35.24. And the median was 89.03.

WBO:CRM's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.6% of 671 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.01 vs WBO:CRM: 57.44

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.

Salesforce's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was €3.047. 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 €4.46 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Salesforce Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 89.73 90.88 74.11 43.52 58.56

Salesforce Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 43.52 46.21 51.46 44.38 58.56

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Salesforce'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.


Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Salesforce 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=254.70/4.46
=57.11

* 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.

Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Salesforce's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=3.047/129.4194*129.4194
=3.047

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 129.4194.

Salesforce Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 0.488 100.023 0.631
201407 0.209 100.520 0.269
201410 -0.083 100.176 -0.107
201501 0.499 98.604 0.655
201504 0.332 99.824 0.430
201507 0.330 100.691 0.424
201510 0.111 100.346 0.143
201601 0.553 99.957 0.716
201604 1.241 100.947 1.591
201607 0.201 101.524 0.256
201610 0.018 101.988 0.023
201701 0.743 102.456 0.939
201704 1.387 103.167 1.740
201707 0.241 103.278 0.302
201710 0.016 104.070 0.020
201801 0.999 104.578 1.236
201804 1.453 105.708 1.779
201807 0.319 106.324 0.388
201810 0.008 106.695 0.010
201901 1.301 106.200 1.585
201904 2.027 107.818 2.433
201907 0.289 108.250 0.346
201910 0.132 108.577 0.157
202001 1.476 108.841 1.755
202004 1.548 108.173 1.852
202007 0.297 109.318 0.352
202010 0.195 109.861 0.230
202101 1.765 110.364 2.070
202104 2.719 112.673 3.123
202107 0.154 115.183 0.173
202110 0.205 116.696 0.227
202201 1.598 118.619 1.743
202204 3.235 121.978 3.432
202207 0.129 125.002 0.134
202210 0.117 125.734 0.120
202301 2.421 126.223 2.482
202304 3.921 127.992 3.965
202307 0.576 128.974 0.578
202310 1.319 129.810 1.315
202401 3.047 129.419 3.047

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.


Salesforce  (WBO:CRM) 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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