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AstroNova (AstroNova) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 31.16 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is AstroNova Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-15), AstroNova's current share price is $17.45. AstroNova's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.56. AstroNova's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 31.16.

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

ALOT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.66   Med: 51.77   Max: 113.69
Current: 31.37

During the past years, AstroNova's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 113.69. The lowest was 19.66. And the median was 51.77.

ALOT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
52.7% of 962 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 29.65 vs ALOT: 31.37

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.

AstroNova's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.908. 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 $0.56 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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AstroNova Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

AstroNova Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 57.94 26.08 37.35 44.97 31.69

AstroNova Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 44.97 32.09 29.96 28.76 31.69

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

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, AstroNova'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.


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

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

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



AstroNova 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=17.45/0.56
=31.16

* 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.

AstroNova's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, AstroNova's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=0.908/129.4194*129.4194
=0.908

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 129.4194.

AstroNova Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 -0.355 100.023 -0.459
201407 -0.094 100.520 -0.121
201410 0.481 100.176 0.621
201501 -0.136 98.604 -0.179
201504 0.311 99.824 0.403
201507 0.074 100.691 0.095
201510 0.429 100.346 0.553
201601 -0.188 99.957 -0.243
201604 0.361 100.947 0.463
201607 0.170 101.524 0.217
201610 0.320 101.988 0.406
201701 -0.095 102.456 -0.120
201704 -0.148 103.167 -0.186
201707 0.267 103.278 0.335
201710 -0.064 104.070 -0.080
201801 0.185 104.578 0.229
201804 -0.311 105.708 -0.381
201807 -0.063 106.324 -0.077
201810 0.449 106.695 0.545
201901 0.243 106.200 0.296
201904 0.055 107.818 0.066
201907 -0.126 108.250 -0.151
201910 -0.126 108.577 -0.150
202001 0.246 108.841 0.293
202004 0.393 108.173 0.470
202007 0.726 109.318 0.860
202010 0.223 109.861 0.263
202101 0.468 110.364 0.549
202104 0.463 112.673 0.532
202107 0.132 115.183 0.148
202110 -0.275 116.696 -0.305
202201 -0.372 118.619 -0.406
202204 -0.226 121.978 -0.240
202207 -0.315 125.002 -0.326
202210 -0.501 125.734 -0.516
202301 0.609 126.223 0.624
202304 0.348 127.992 0.352
202307 0.220 128.974 0.221
202310 0.053 129.810 0.053
202401 0.908 129.419 0.908

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.


AstroNova  (NAS:ALOT) 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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AstroNova (AstroNova) Business Description

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600 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick, RI, USA, 02893
AstroNova Inc designs develops, manufactures and distributes a broad range of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems, including both hardware and software, which incorporate advanced technologies to acquire, store, analyze, and present data in multiple formats. Target markets for its hardware and software products include aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemicals, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging and transportation. Its business consists of two segments, Product Identification and Test & Measurement. It derives revenue from The PI segment that includes specialty printing systems and related supplies sold under the QuickLabel, TrojanLabel and GetLabels brand names.
Executives
Alexis P Michas director 940 WINTER STREET, C/O PERKINELMER, WALTHAM MA 02451
Yvonne Schlaeppi director 600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK X1 02893
Richard S Warzala director 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Thomas Wayne Carll officer: Vice President 264 CASTLE ROCKS ROAD, WARWICK RI 02864
David S Smith officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION, 80 ARKAY DRIVE, HAUPPAUGE NY 11788
Mitchell I Quain director 53 FOREST AVENUE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Jean A Bua director
Harold Schofield director 9 ATLANTIC AVENUE, NARRAGANSETT RI 02882
Michael J Natalizia officer: Vice President and CTO 50 EDGEWATER ROAD, NARRAGANSETT RI 02882
Michael Morawetz officer: VP - International Branches 36396 STEINAU, SUDENTENSTRASSE 2M 12
Everett V Pizzuti director ADAMS J GWALTNEY, 1500 FLEET CENTER, PROVIDENCE RI 029302393
Albert W. Ondis Declaration Of Trust 10 percent owner 515 BEACH ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 02903
Eric E Pizzuti officer: Vice President 72 FOOTE STREET, BARRINGTON RI 02806
John P Jordan officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK RI 02893
April Ondis director C/O ASTRO-MED, INC., 600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, PROVIDENCE RI 02893