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ZTE (ZTCOF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 39.07 (As of May. 29, 2025)


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What is ZTE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-29), ZTE's current share price is $2.735. ZTE's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.07. ZTE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 39.07.

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

ZTCOF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 39.9   Med: 78.66   Max: 912.25
Current: 41.15

During the past years, ZTE's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 912.25. The lowest was 39.90. And the median was 78.66.

ZTCOF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
63.97% of 988 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 27.565 vs ZTCOF: 41.15

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.

ZTE's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.019. 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 $0.07 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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ZTE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

ZTE 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 - 259.41 133.44 55.58 65.45

ZTE 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 47.72 47.51 49.63 65.45 44.69

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, ZTE'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.


ZTE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, ZTE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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ZTE 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=2.735/0.07
=39.07

* 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.

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

For example, ZTE'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)
=0.019/115.1156*115.1156
=0.019

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 115.1156.

ZTE Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.146 99.500 0.169
201509 -0.070 100.500 -0.080
201512 0.252 100.600 0.288
201603 0.125 102.200 0.141
201606 -0.092 101.400 -0.104
201609 -0.072 102.400 -0.081
201612 0.088 102.600 0.099
201703 -0.053 103.200 -0.059
201706 -0.164 103.100 -0.183
201709 -0.043 104.100 -0.048
201712 0.312 104.500 0.344
201803 -0.044 105.300 -0.048
201806 -0.219 104.900 -0.240
201809 -0.228 106.600 -0.246
201812 -0.025 106.500 -0.027
201903 0.003 107.700 0.003
201906 -0.104 107.700 -0.111
201909 0.027 109.800 0.028
201912 0.103 111.200 0.107
202003 -0.028 112.300 -0.029
202006 0.005 110.400 0.005
202009 0.001 111.700 0.001
202012 0.143 111.500 0.148
202103 0.025 112.662 0.026
202106 0.110 111.769 0.113
202109 0.091 112.215 0.093
202112 0.111 113.108 0.113
202203 0.009 114.335 0.009
202206 0.028 114.558 0.028
202209 -0.033 115.339 -0.033
202212 0.077 115.116 0.077
202303 0.037 115.116 0.037
202306 0.094 114.558 0.094
202309 0.055 115.339 0.055
202312 0.208 114.781 0.209
202403 0.058 115.227 0.058
202406 0.090 114.781 0.090
202409 0.008 115.785 0.008
202412 0.060 114.893 0.060
202503 0.019 115.116 0.019

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.


ZTE  (OTCPK:ZTCOF) 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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ZTE Plaza, Keji Road South, Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, CHN, 518057
ZTE Corp is a provider of integrated telecommunications and IT solutions with a full range of end-to-end ICT products and solutions integrating design, development, production, sales, and services with a special focus on carriers' networks, government and corporate business, and consumer business. It operates in three segments Carriers' network, Consumer Business, and Government and Corporate Business. It generates a majority of its revenue from equipment supporting carriers' networks. It has a presence in the PRC, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. It generates the majority of its revenue from the PRC region.