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PGR (Progressive) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 19.43 (As of Jun. 24, 2025)


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What is Progressive Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-24), Progressive's current share price is $266.01. Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $13.69. Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 19.43.

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

PGR' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.74   Med: 15.31   Max: 22.27
Current: 19.46

During the past years, Progressive's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 22.27. The lowest was 10.74. And the median was 15.31.

PGR's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.88% of 322 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 12.435 vs PGR: 19.46

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.

Progressive's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $8.651. 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 $13.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Progressive Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Progressive 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 16.70 13.89 14.97 15.39 18.69

Progressive 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 18.62 17.85 20.59 18.69 20.68

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

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Progressive'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.


Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Progressive 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=266.01/13.69
=19.43

* 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.

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

For example, Progressive'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)
=8.651/134.9266*134.9266
=8.651

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Progressive Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.064 100.684 1.426
201509 1.184 100.392 1.591
201512 0.150 99.792 0.203
201603 1.306 100.470 1.754
201606 1.192 101.688 1.582
201609 1.114 101.861 1.476
201612 0.693 101.863 0.918
201703 1.833 102.862 2.404
201706 1.507 103.349 1.967
201709 1.988 104.136 2.576
201712 0.833 104.011 1.081
201803 2.922 105.290 3.744
201806 2.851 106.317 3.618
201809 2.822 106.507 3.575
201812 1.674 105.998 2.131
201903 3.056 107.251 3.845
201906 2.349 108.070 2.933
201909 2.863 108.329 3.566
201912 1.782 108.420 2.218
202003 2.664 108.902 3.301
202006 3.754 108.767 4.657
202009 2.406 109.815 2.956
202012 2.554 109.897 3.136
202103 4.369 111.754 5.275
202106 3.878 114.631 4.565
202109 3.886 115.734 4.530
202112 0.677 117.630 0.777
202203 4.143 121.301 4.608
202206 2.261 125.017 2.440
202209 3.269 125.227 3.522
202212 1.504 125.222 1.621
202303 4.099 127.348 4.343
202306 3.827 128.729 4.011
202309 5.759 129.860 5.984
202312 4.008 129.419 4.179
202403 7.126 131.776 7.296
202406 5.445 132.554 5.542
202409 7.750 133.029 7.861
202412 4.930 133.157 4.996
202503 8.651 134.927 8.651

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.


Progressive  (NYSE:PGR) 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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Progressive Business Description

Industry
Address
300 North Commons Boulevard, Mayfield Village, OH, USA, 44143
Progressive underwrites private and commercial auto insurance and specialty lines; it has almost 24 million personal auto policies in force and is one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. Progressive markets its policies through independent insurance agencies in the US and Canada and directly via the internet and telephone. Its premiums are split roughly equally between the agent and the direct channel. The company also offers commercial auto policies and entered homeowners insurance through an acquisition in 2015.
Executives
John P Sauerland officer: Direct Group, President PROGRESSIVE, 7580 NORTHCLIFF AVE. -- SUITE 1000, BROOKLYN OH 44144
Steven Broz officer: Chief Information Officer C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Dyke Kahina Van director C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Devin C Johnson director 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Jonathan S. Bauer officer: Chief Investment Officer 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Patrick K Callahan officer: Personal Lines President C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Lori A Niederst officer: CRM President C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Jeffrey D Kelly director
Andrew J Quigg officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
John Jo Murphy officer: Claims President C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Mariann Wojtkun Marshall officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS RD., MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Susan Patricia Griffith officer: Chief Human Resource, Officer 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Karen Bailo officer: Commercial Lines President 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Roger N Farah director POLO RALPH LAUREN CORP, 650 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Philip Bleser director 8760 CLAY ROAD SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77494