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Basf SE (Basf SE) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 12.26 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), Basf SE's current share price is $13.12. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.07. Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 12.26.

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

BASFY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.17   Med: 19.12   Max: 31.92
Current: 12.34

During the past years, Basf SE's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 31.92. The lowest was 10.17. And the median was 19.12.

BASFY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
75.48% of 571 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 24.63 vs BASFY: 12.34

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.

Basf SE's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.443. 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 $1.07 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Basf SE Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Basf SE Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.80 17.20 15.94 11.01 11.55

Basf SE Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 12.25 11.28 10.65 11.55 13.38

Competitive Comparison of Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Chemicals subindustry, Basf SE'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.


Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



Basf SE 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=13.12/1.07
=12.26

* 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.

Basf SE's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-0.443/123.6675*123.6675
=-0.443

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 123.6675.

Basf SE Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.096 99.543 -0.119
201409 0.292 99.823 0.362
201412 0.105 99.543 0.130
201503 0.328 99.717 0.407
201506 0.362 100.417 0.446
201509 0.550 100.417 0.677
201512 -0.139 99.717 -0.172
201603 0.014 100.017 0.017
201606 0.402 100.717 0.494
201609 0.480 101.017 0.588
201612 0.184 101.217 0.225
201703 0.019 101.417 0.023
201706 0.641 102.117 0.776
201709 0.916 102.717 1.103
201712 -0.065 102.617 -0.078
201803 0.203 102.917 0.244
201806 0.445 104.017 0.529
201809 0.620 104.718 0.732
201812 0.027 104.217 0.032
201903 -0.113 104.217 -0.134
201906 0.297 105.718 0.347
201909 0.321 106.018 0.374
201912 0.595 105.818 0.695
202003 -0.481 105.718 -0.563
202006 0.467 106.618 0.542
202009 0.437 105.818 0.511
202012 0.330 105.518 0.387
202103 -0.318 107.518 -0.366
202106 0.580 108.486 0.661
202109 0.344 109.435 0.389
202112 0.565 110.384 0.633
202203 -0.269 113.968 -0.292
202206 0.098 115.760 0.105
202209 0.357 118.818 0.372
202212 0.764 119.345 0.792
202303 -0.564 122.402 -0.570
202306 0.275 123.140 0.276
202309 0.438 124.195 0.436
202312 0.674 123.668 0.674
202403 -0.443 123.668 -0.443

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.


Basf SE  (OTCPK:BASFY) 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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Basf SE (Basf SE) Business Description

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Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DEU, 67056
Founded in 1865 and based in Germany, BASF is the world's largest chemical company, with products spanning the full spectrum of commodities to specialties. In addition, the company is a strong player in agricultural crop protection chemicals and emissions control catalysts for cars and trucks. Given its sheer size, BASF has a top-three market position in approximately 70% of its businesses.