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Northrop Grumman (WBO:NOCO) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 33.37 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), Northrop Grumman's current share price is €448.20. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €13.43. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 33.37.

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

WBO:NOCO' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.98   Med: 29.57   Max: 41.87
Current: 33.16

During the past years, Northrop Grumman's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 41.87. The lowest was 12.98. And the median was 29.57.

WBO:NOCO's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
52.25% of 111 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 36.1 vs WBO:NOCO: 33.16

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.

Northrop Grumman's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-6.014. 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 €13.43 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Northrop Grumman 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 31.28 25.11 28.48 38.36 31.48

Northrop Grumman 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 33.40 32.04 30.49 31.48 33.04

Competitive Comparison of Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Northrop Grumman'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.


Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Northrop Grumman 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=448.20/13.43
=33.37

* 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.

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

For example, Northrop Grumman'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)
=-6.014/129.4194*129.4194
=-6.014

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.560 100.560 2.008
201409 3.057 100.428 3.939
201412 4.826 99.070 6.304
201503 -3.553 99.621 -4.616
201506 2.351 100.684 3.022
201509 2.158 100.392 2.782
201512 7.448 99.792 9.659
201603 -1.753 100.470 -2.258
201606 2.113 101.688 2.689
201609 2.982 101.861 3.789
201612 6.510 101.863 8.271
201703 -3.478 102.862 -4.376
201706 1.471 103.349 1.842
201709 3.451 104.136 4.289
201712 6.395 104.011 7.957
201803 -2.506 105.290 -3.080
201806 3.299 106.317 4.016
201809 2.597 106.507 3.156
201812 9.736 105.998 11.887
201903 -6.206 107.251 -7.489
201906 7.042 108.070 8.433
201909 4.714 108.329 5.632
201912 10.607 108.420 12.661
202003 -6.798 108.902 -8.079
202006 10.977 108.767 13.061
202009 5.440 109.815 6.411
202012 4.962 109.897 5.843
202103 -1.392 111.754 -1.612
202106 4.101 114.631 4.630
202109 4.854 115.734 5.428
202112 3.966 117.630 4.364
202203 -4.244 121.301 -4.528
202206 -2.789 125.017 -2.887
202209 6.757 125.227 6.983
202212 9.879 125.222 10.210
202303 -6.164 127.348 -6.264
202306 3.730 128.729 3.750
202309 5.368 129.860 5.350
202312 9.894 129.419 9.894
202403 -6.014 129.419 -6.014

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.


Northrop Grumman  (WBO:NOCO) 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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Northrop Grumman (WBO:NOCO) Business Description

Address
2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA, USA, 22042
Northrop Grumman is a diversified defense contractor providing aeronautics, defense, mission, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces autonomous and piloted aircraft such as Global Hawk drones and the new B-21 bomber. Defense systems makes artillery and missile ammunition and guidance systems, missile defense systems, and conducts maintenance and upgrades on numerous military aircraft. Mission systems creates and integrates a variety of radar, navigation, and communication systems for avionics, weapons control, and countermeasures on a range of platforms from helicopters to destroyers. Finally, space systems produces satellites, sensors, space structures, and manufactures long-range missiles and rocket motors.

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