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Volvo AB (XPRA:VOLVB) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 42.11 (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-06), Volvo AB's current share price is Kč720.00. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was Kč17.10. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 42.11.

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

XPRA:VOLVB' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 36.81   Med: 79.28   Max: 1414.55
Current: 40.49

During the past years, Volvo AB's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1414.55. The lowest was 36.81. And the median was 79.28.

XPRA:VOLVB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
71.82% of 110 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 24.17 vs XPRA:VOLVB: 40.49

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.

Volvo AB's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was Kč0.484. 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 Kč17.10 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Volvo AB 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 128.91 96.83 47.92 60.81 41.82

Volvo AB 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 54.50 48.53 44.42 41.82 44.45

Competitive Comparison of Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Volvo AB'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.


Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Volvo AB 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=720.00/17.10
=42.11

* 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.

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

For example, Volvo AB'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)
=0.484/132.8245*132.8245
=0.484

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 132.8245.

Volvo AB Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 4.205 99.995 5.586
201509 -7.952 100.228 -10.538
201512 15.852 100.276 20.997
201603 -14.522 100.751 -19.145
201606 6.294 101.019 8.276
201609 4.878 101.138 6.406
201612 -0.776 102.022 -1.010
201703 6.274 102.022 8.168
201706 9.210 102.752 11.905
201709 -3.681 103.279 -4.734
201712 12.272 103.793 15.705
201803 -0.719 103.962 -0.919
201806 4.998 104.875 6.330
201809 -2.079 105.679 -2.613
201812 10.594 105.912 13.286
201903 -2.775 105.886 -3.481
201906 6.922 106.742 8.613
201909 0.255 107.214 0.316
201912 15.910 107.766 19.610
202003 -8.100 106.563 -10.096
202006 -6.539 107.498 -8.080
202009 17.215 107.635 21.244
202012 14.745 108.296 18.085
202103 1.287 108.360 1.578
202106 5.630 108.928 6.865
202109 -10.848 110.338 -13.059
202112 18.233 112.486 21.530
202203 -11.413 114.825 -13.202
202206 1.150 118.384 1.290
202209 11.402 122.296 12.384
202212 6.495 126.365 6.827
202303 -4.810 127.042 -5.029
202306 0.614 129.407 0.630
202309 -1.558 130.224 -1.589
202312 9.204 131.912 9.268
202403 5.341 132.205 5.366
202406 4.679 132.716 4.683
202409 5.507 132.304 5.529
202412 14.838 132.987 14.820
202503 0.484 132.825 0.484

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.


Volvo AB  (XPRA:VOLVB) 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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Volvo AB Business Description

Address
Gropegardsgatan 2, Gothenburg, SWE, SE-417 15
Volvo AB drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing, and services that increase the customers' uptime and productivity. Its segments are Trucks, Construction Equipment, Buses, Volvo Penta, Financial Services, and Group Functions & Other. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Trucks segment, which is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of trucks under several brands, including Volvo, Renault, and others. This segment also comprises the activities of Volvo Autonomous Solutions, Volvo Energy, VE Commercial Vehicles, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles, Cellcentric, Milence, Flexis, and Cespira. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the USA.

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