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Alphabet (XBUL:ABEA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 42.82 (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is Alphabet Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-06), Alphabet's current share price is лв149.02. Alphabet's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was лв3.48. Alphabet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 42.82.

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

XBUL:ABEA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 33.85   Med: 49.55   Max: 77.84
Current: 43.9

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.

XBUL:ABEA'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 XBUL:ABEA: 43.90

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 лв2.664. 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 лв3.48 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
=149.02/3.48
=42.82

* 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)
=2.664/134.9266*134.9266
=2.664

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Alphabet Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.568 100.684 0.761
201509 0.461 100.392 0.620
201512 0.554 99.792 0.749
201603 0.638 100.470 0.857
201606 0.858 101.688 1.138
201609 0.894 101.861 1.184
201612 0.774 101.863 1.025
201703 0.858 102.862 1.125
201706 0.556 103.349 0.726
201709 0.771 104.136 0.999
201712 0.724 104.011 0.939
201803 0.527 105.290 0.675
201806 0.567 106.317 0.720
201809 0.964 106.507 1.221
201812 0.721 105.998 0.918
201903 0.899 107.251 1.131
201906 0.795 108.070 0.993
201909 1.071 108.329 1.334
201912 1.031 108.420 1.283
202003 0.673 108.902 0.834
202006 1.072 108.767 1.330
202009 1.448 109.815 1.779
202012 2.156 109.897 2.647
202103 1.675 111.754 2.022
202106 2.065 114.631 2.431
202109 2.369 115.734 2.762
202112 2.362 117.630 2.709
202203 1.965 121.301 2.186
202206 1.520 125.017 1.640
202209 2.098 125.227 2.261
202212 2.125 125.222 2.290
202303 2.151 127.348 2.279
202306 2.921 128.729 3.062
202309 3.048 129.860 3.167
202312 1.073 129.419 1.119
202403 2.152 131.776 2.203
202406 1.844 132.554 1.877
202409 2.432 133.029 2.467
202412 3.444 133.157 3.490
202503 2.664 134.927 2.664

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  (XBUL:ABEA) 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.

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