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Lanxess AG (XTER:LXS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 12.01 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Lanxess AG Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), Lanxess AG's current share price is €26.42. Lanxess AG's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €2.20. Lanxess AG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 12.01.

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

XTER:LXS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.9   Med: 27.2   Max: 46.11
Current: 12.27

During the past years, Lanxess AG's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 46.11. The lowest was 8.90. And the median was 27.20.

XTER:LXS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
68.57% of 560 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.025 vs XTER:LXS: 12.27

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.

Lanxess AG's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-1.286. 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 €2.20 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Lanxess AG Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Lanxess AG 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 32.95 27.69 23.23 12.59 10.31

Lanxess AG 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 10.67 9.57 12.51 10.31 12.62

Competitive Comparison of Lanxess AG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Lanxess AG'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.


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

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

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


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Lanxess AG 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=26.42/2.20
=12.01

* 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.

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

For example, Lanxess AG'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)
=-1.286/127.7792*127.7792
=-1.286

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 127.7792.

Lanxess AG Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.503 100.417 0.640
201509 0.983 100.417 1.251
201512 1.584 99.717 2.030
201603 -0.011 100.017 -0.014
201606 1.169 100.717 1.483
201609 2.163 101.017 2.736
201612 -0.590 101.217 -0.745
201703 -0.514 101.417 -0.648
201706 0.863 102.117 1.080
201709 3.092 102.717 3.846
201712 1.519 102.617 1.891
201803 -0.404 102.917 -0.502
201806 -0.776 104.017 -0.953
201809 1.322 104.718 1.613
201812 0.994 104.217 1.219
201903 -0.409 104.217 -0.501
201906 -0.307 105.718 -0.371
201909 1.578 106.018 1.902
201912 0.698 105.818 0.843
202003 0.321 105.718 0.388
202006 -0.486 106.618 -0.582
202009 0.764 105.818 0.923
202012 0.892 105.518 1.080
202103 -0.440 107.518 -0.523
202106 -1.239 108.486 -1.459
202109 -0.035 109.435 -0.041
202112 1.413 110.384 1.636
202203 -2.780 113.968 -3.117
202206 0.706 115.760 0.779
202209 -0.915 118.818 -0.984
202212 0.116 119.345 0.124
202303 1.181 122.402 1.233
202306 -0.012 123.140 -0.012
202309 3.729 124.195 3.837
202312 1.031 123.773 1.064
202403 -1.008 125.038 -1.030
202406 0.961 125.882 0.975
202409 -0.162 126.198 -0.164
202412 2.386 127.041 2.400
202503 -1.286 127.779 -1.286

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.


Lanxess AG  (XTER:LXS) 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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Lanxess AG Business Description

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Address
Kennedyplatz 1, Cologne, DEU, 50569
Lanxess AG is a German chemical company that was originally spun out of Bayer. Lanxess has visibly decommoditised its portfolio by divesting its synthetic rubber business. It has business segments namely: specialty chemicals company in the fields of consumer protection chemicals, specialty additives, intermediates, and others. Geographically, it operates in EMEA (excluding Germany), Germany, Americas, and Asia-Pacific.
Executives
Sadik Emiroglu Supervisory Board
Dr. Hans-joachim Müller Supervisory Board
Dr. Hubert Fink Board of Directors
Matthias Zachert Board of Directors
Frederique Van Baarle Board of Directors
Oliver Stratmann Board of Directors
Dr. Anno Borkowsky Board of Directors
Michael Pontzen Board of Directors

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