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Air Liquide (Air Liquide) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 40.48 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Air Liquide Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Air Liquide's current share price is $39.67. Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.98. Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 40.48.

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

AIQUY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 33.86   Med: 41.99   Max: 51.9
Current: 42.62

During the past 13 years, Air Liquide's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 51.90. The lowest was 33.86. And the median was 41.99.

AIQUY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
66.43% of 566 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.705 vs AIQUY: 42.62

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.

Air Liquide's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $1.194. 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 $0.98 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Air Liquide Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Air Liquide Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Air Liquide Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 41.20 - 34.04 - 39.95

Competitive Comparison of Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Air Liquide'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.


Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



Air Liquide 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=39.67/0.98
=40.48

* 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.

Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, Air Liquide's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=1.194/118.2300*118.2300
=1.194

Current CPI (Dec23) = 118.2300.

Air Liquide Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 0.499 99.860 0.591
201512 0.372 100.040 0.440
201612 0.629 100.650 0.739
201712 0.946 101.850 1.098
201812 1.079 103.470 1.233
201912 0.885 104.980 0.997
202012 1.202 104.960 1.354
202112 1.147 107.850 1.257
202212 1.026 114.160 1.063
202312 1.194 118.230 1.194

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.


Air Liquide  (OTCPK:AIQUY) 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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Air Liquide (Air Liquide) Business Description

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Address
75, Quai d'Orsay, Paris, FRA, 75007
Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is one of the leading industrial gas companies in the world, serving over 3.8 million customers in 78 countries. The company generated approximately EUR 29.9 billion of revenue in 2022, serving a wide range of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, food and beverage, and electronics. The healthcare division serves around 1.8 million patients and 15,000 hospitals and clinics annually. Air Liquide employs approximately 65,000 people.

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