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BP (XTER:BPE5) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 8.68 (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is BP Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-06), BP's current share price is €4.2545. BP's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.49. BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 8.68.

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

XTER:BPE5' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.09   Med: 35.66   Max: 154.65
Current: 8.77

During the past years, BP's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 154.65. The lowest was 8.09. And the median was 35.66.

XTER:BPE5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
62.87% of 404 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 12.75 vs XTER:BPE5: 8.77

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.

BP's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-0.030. 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 €0.49 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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BP Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

BP 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 34.00 30.41 18.35 12.73 9.98

BP 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 13.58 12.39 10.36 9.98 10.68

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

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, BP'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.


BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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BP 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=4.2545/0.49
=8.68

* 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.

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

For example, BP'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)
=-0.03/136.1000*136.1000
=-0.030

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 136.1000.

BP Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.086 100.100 0.117
201509 0.040 100.200 0.054
201512 0.034 100.400 0.046
201603 -0.122 100.400 -0.165
201606 -0.019 101.000 -0.026
201609 -0.041 101.500 -0.055
201612 -0.111 102.200 -0.148
201703 -0.081 102.700 -0.107
201706 0.032 103.500 0.042
201709 0.080 104.300 0.104
201712 0.063 105.000 0.082
201803 0.002 105.100 0.003
201806 0.121 105.900 0.156
201809 0.103 106.600 0.132
201812 0.038 107.100 0.048
201903 0.070 107.000 0.089
201906 0.129 107.900 0.163
201909 0.094 108.400 0.118
201912 0.162 108.500 0.203
202003 -0.127 108.600 -0.159
202006 0.032 108.800 0.040
202009 0.110 109.200 0.137
202012 -0.027 109.400 -0.034
202103 0.127 109.700 0.158
202106 0.121 111.400 0.148
202109 0.140 112.400 0.170
202112 0.148 114.700 0.176
202203 0.261 116.500 0.305
202206 0.395 120.500 0.446
202209 0.277 122.300 0.308
202212 0.513 125.300 0.557
202303 0.230 126.800 0.247
202306 0.146 129.400 0.154
202309 0.282 130.100 0.295
202312 0.272 130.500 0.284
202403 0.069 131.600 0.071
202406 0.260 133.000 0.266
202409 0.137 133.500 0.140
202412 0.212 135.100 0.214
202503 -0.030 136.100 -0.030

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.


BP  (XTER:BPE5) 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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BP is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. In 2024, it produced 1.2 million barrels of liquids and 6.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. At the end of 2023, reserves stood at 6.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 55% of which are liquids. The company operates refineries with a capacity of 1.6 million barrels of oil per day.

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