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Waste Management (XTER:UWS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 43.36 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Waste Management Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Waste Management's current share price is €209.85. Waste Management's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €4.84. Waste Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 43.36.

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

XTER:UWS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.77   Med: 33.6   Max: 45.81
Current: 45.44

During the past years, Waste Management's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 45.81. The lowest was 17.77. And the median was 33.60.

XTER:UWS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
77.78% of 54 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 17.78 vs XTER:UWS: 45.44

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.

Waste Management's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.863. 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 €4.84 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Waste Management Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Waste Management 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 33.64 41.27 34.39 37.05 39.00

Waste Management 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 42.59 42.18 40.59 39.00 44.03

Competitive Comparison of Waste Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Waste Management subindustry, Waste Management'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.


Waste Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Waste Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Waste Management 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=209.85/4.84
=43.36

* 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.

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

For example, Waste Management'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)
=0.863/134.9266*134.9266
=0.863

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Waste Management Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.012 100.684 1.356
201509 0.634 100.392 0.852
201512 0.381 99.792 0.515
201603 0.831 100.470 1.116
201606 0.897 101.688 1.190
201609 0.850 101.861 1.126
201612 0.797 101.863 1.056
201703 0.821 102.862 1.077
201706 1.029 103.349 1.343
201709 0.957 104.136 1.240
201712 0.510 104.011 0.662
201803 0.761 105.290 0.975
201806 1.067 106.317 1.354
201809 0.935 106.507 1.184
201812 0.938 105.998 1.194
201903 0.869 107.251 1.093
201906 0.894 108.070 1.116
201909 0.996 108.329 1.241
201912 1.548 108.420 1.926
202003 0.649 108.902 0.804
202006 0.880 108.767 1.092
202009 1.372 109.815 1.686
202012 0.694 109.897 0.852
202103 1.683 111.754 2.032
202106 1.268 114.631 1.492
202109 1.450 115.734 1.690
202112 0.456 117.630 0.523
202203 1.826 121.301 2.031
202206 1.129 125.017 1.218
202209 1.036 125.227 1.116
202212 0.429 125.222 0.462
202303 0.877 127.348 0.929
202306 1.155 128.729 1.211
202309 1.362 129.860 1.415
202312 0.770 129.419 0.803
202403 1.594 131.776 1.632
202406 1.122 132.554 1.142
202409 1.289 133.029 1.307
202412 0.936 133.157 0.948
202503 0.863 134.927 0.863

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.


Waste Management  (XTER:UWS) 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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Waste Management Business Description

Address
800 Capitol Street, Suite 3000, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
WM ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating 263 active landfills and about 332 transfer stations. The company serves residential, commercial, industrial, and medical end markets and is also a leading recycler in North America.

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