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Arkema (XPAR:AKE) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.15 (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is Arkema Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-06), Arkema's current share price is €60.85. Arkema's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €6.65. Arkema's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.15.

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

XPAR:AKE' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.02   Med: 25.07   Max: 37.85
Current: 9.35

During the past years, Arkema's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 37.85. The lowest was 9.02. And the median was 25.07.

XPAR:AKE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
77.01% of 561 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 22.98 vs XPAR:AKE: 9.35

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.

Arkema's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-2.210. 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 €6.65 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Arkema Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Arkema 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 23.31 30.06 15.57 16.52 10.91

Arkema 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 15.43 12.37 12.95 10.91 10.59

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

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Arkema'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.


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

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

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


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Arkema 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=60.85/6.65
=9.15

* 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.

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

For example, Arkema'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)
=-2.21/120.3800*120.3800
=-2.210

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 120.3800.

Arkema Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.218 100.440 1.460
201509 1.893 99.950 2.280
201512 2.640 100.040 3.177
201603 -0.524 100.020 -0.631
201606 1.058 100.630 1.266
201609 2.336 100.340 2.803
201612 1.577 100.650 1.886
201703 -0.461 101.170 -0.549
201706 1.871 101.320 2.223
201709 3.323 101.330 3.948
201712 2.509 101.850 2.965
201803 -0.289 102.750 -0.339
201806 0.932 103.370 1.085
201809 2.974 103.560 3.457
201812 2.102 103.470 2.446
201903 0.875 103.890 1.014
201906 1.148 104.580 1.321
201909 2.778 104.500 3.200
201912 2.829 104.980 3.244
202003 0.143 104.590 0.165
202006 1.761 104.790 2.023
202009 2.916 104.550 3.358
202012 1.317 104.960 1.510
202103 -0.274 105.750 -0.312
202106 1.733 106.340 1.962
202109 0.256 106.810 0.289
202112 0.280 107.850 0.313
202203 -0.552 110.490 -0.601
202206 4.510 112.550 4.824
202209 3.281 112.740 3.503
202212 2.879 114.160 3.036
202303 -0.706 116.790 -0.728
202306 1.626 117.650 1.664
202309 2.932 118.260 2.985
202312 3.744 118.390 3.807
202403 -1.133 119.470 -1.142
202406 1.946 120.200 1.949
202409 1.709 119.560 1.721
202412 2.080 119.950 2.087
202503 -2.210 120.380 -2.210

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.


Arkema  (XPAR:AKE) 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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Arkema Business Description

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420 rue d’Estienne d’Orves, Colombes, FRA, 92700
Arkema SA is a French chemical company formerly known for its large presence in the acrylics market. However, the company has now developed a strong portfolio of speciality materials. Arkema is organized into four segments. Adhesive solutions, advanced materials, and coatings solutions contain the more specialized material businesses. The intermediates segment houses the remaining commodity chemical businesses. Geographically, sales are split fairly equally among Europe, the US, and Asia.

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