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General Motors Co (WBO:GMOT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is General Motors Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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General Motors Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for General Motors Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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General Motors Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of General Motors Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, General Motors Co'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.


General Motors Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, General Motors Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



General Motors Co 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.

General Motors Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, General Motors Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-2.428/129.4194*129.4194
=-2.428

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

General Motors Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.428 100.560 0.551
201409 -0.892 100.428 -1.150
201412 -0.214 99.070 -0.280
201503 -1.952 99.621 -2.536
201506 -0.145 100.684 -0.186
201509 -1.685 100.392 -2.172
201512 -1.870 99.792 -2.425
201603 -4.265 100.470 -5.494
201606 -0.368 101.688 -0.468
201609 -0.178 101.861 -0.226
201612 -1.717 101.863 -2.181
201703 -2.695 102.862 -3.391
201706 -1.227 103.349 -1.537
201709 -2.400 104.136 -2.983
201712 0.244 104.011 0.304
201803 -3.584 105.290 -4.405
201806 -0.957 106.317 -1.165
201809 -1.477 106.507 -1.795
201812 0.090 105.998 0.110
201903 -3.600 107.251 -4.344
201906 -0.510 108.070 -0.611
201909 0.553 108.329 0.661
201912 -1.991 108.420 -2.377
202003 -2.134 108.902 -2.536
202006 -3.874 108.767 -4.610
202009 3.437 109.815 4.051
202012 -0.025 109.897 -0.029
202103 -3.285 111.754 -3.804
202106 -0.417 114.631 -0.471
202109 -3.573 115.734 -3.995
202112 3.433 117.630 3.777
202203 -1.573 121.301 -1.678
202206 -1.457 125.017 -1.508
202209 0.158 125.227 0.163
202212 -0.377 125.222 -0.390
202303 -1.665 127.348 -1.692
202306 1.102 128.729 1.108
202309 0.409 129.860 0.408
202312 -2.417 129.419 -2.417
202403 -2.428 129.419 -2.428

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.


General Motors Co  (WBO:GMOT) 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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General Motors Co (WBO:GMOT) Business Description

Address
300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI, USA, 48265-3000
General Motors Co. emerged from the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. (old GM) in July 2009. GM has eight brands and operates under four segments: GM North America, GM International, Cruise, and GM Financial. The United States now has four brands instead of eight under old GM. The company regained its U.S. market share leader crown in 2022, after losing it to Toyota due to the chip shortage in 2021, with share up 170 basis points to 16.4%, a full percentage point ahead of Toyota. GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle arm has previously done driverless geofenced AV robotaxi services in San Francisco and other cities but stopped in late 2023 after an accident. GM owns over 80% of Cruise. GM Financial became the company's captive finance arm in October 2010 via the purchase of AmeriCredit.

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