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Lonza Group (XSWX:LONN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 234.58 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Lonza Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), Lonza Group's current share price is CHF527.80. Lonza Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was CHF2.25. Lonza Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 234.58.

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

XSWX:LONN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 55.31   Med: 95.88   Max: 242.93
Current: 234.57

During the past 13 years, Lonza Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 242.93. The lowest was 55.31. And the median was 95.88.

XSWX:LONN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
96.83% of 63 companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: 34.35 vs XSWX:LONN: 234.57

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.

Lonza Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was CHF-3.990. 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 CHF2.25 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Lonza Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Lonza Group 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 70.24 115.38 154.75 142.64 157.20

Lonza Group 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 154.75 - 142.64 - 157.20

Competitive Comparison of Lonza Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Lonza Group'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.


Lonza Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Lonza Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lonza Group 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=527.80/2.25
=234.58

* 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.

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

For example, Lonza Group'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)
=-3.99/106.4611*106.4611
=-3.990

Current CPI (Dec23) = 106.4611.

Lonza Group Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 5.378 100.704 5.685
201512 8.385 99.386 8.982
201612 6.766 99.380 7.248
201712 5.697 100.213 6.052
201812 6.785 100.906 7.159
201912 2.401 101.063 2.529
202012 2.101 100.241 2.231
202112 -1.665 101.776 -1.742
202212 -11.458 104.666 -11.654
202312 -3.990 106.461 -3.990

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.


Lonza Group  (XSWX:LONN) 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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Lonza Group (XSWX:LONN) Business Description

Address
Muenchensteinerstrasse 38, Basel, CHE, CH-4002
Lonza Group is a contract development and manufacturing organization, or CDMO. It operates under four segments: small molecules, biologics, cell & gene, and capsules & health ingredients. Lonza derives its revenue primarily from long-term supply agreements with pharmaceutical customers. The company provides a range of development and manufacturing services throughout the entire lifecycle of a product from drug research to commercial supply. The majority of Lonza's customers are pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, and government research organizations.

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