Monsanto Co (XSWX:MOO) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 28, 2024)

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

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Monsanto 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.

Monsanto Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

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

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

Monsanto 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.

Monsanto Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2018 is calculated as:

For example, Monsanto Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2018 was:

Current CPI (Feb. 2018) = 105.0520.

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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.

Monsanto Co  (XSWX:MOO) 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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