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NRG Energy (BSP:N1RG34) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : R$14.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

NRG Energy's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$4.445. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is R$14.60 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, NRG Energy's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 17.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 55.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 46.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of NRG Energy was 131.50% per year. The lowest was -71.90% per year. And the median was 44.85% per year.

As of today (2024-06-04), NRG Energy's current stock price is R$404.13. NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$14.60. NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 27.68.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of NRG Energy was 315.50. The lowest was 10.18. And the median was 50.92.


NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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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NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

NRG Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 3.83 8.42 14.68 13.12

NRG Energy Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 12.50 13.30 14.03 13.12 14.60

Competitive Comparison of NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, NRG Energy'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.


NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

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. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, NRG Energy'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)
=4.445/131.7762*131.7762
=4.445

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

NRG Energy Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -1.931 100.560 -2.530
201409 3.926 100.428 5.151
201412 1.128 99.070 1.500
201503 0.075 99.621 0.099
201506 -1.243 100.684 -1.627
201509 6.913 100.392 9.074
201512 -1.767 99.792 -2.333
201603 3.088 100.470 4.050
201606 0.859 101.688 1.113
201609 7.266 101.861 9.400
201612 3.291 101.863 4.257
201703 -3.088 102.862 -3.956
201706 -1.940 103.349 -2.474
201709 9.874 104.136 12.495
201712 8.721 104.011 11.049
201803 1.986 105.290 2.486
201806 0.432 106.317 0.535
201809 6.775 106.507 8.382
201812 3.512 105.998 4.366
201903 -1.920 107.251 -2.359
201906 6.599 108.070 8.047
201909 6.388 108.329 7.771
201912 7.672 108.420 9.325
202003 2.630 108.902 3.182
202006 9.238 108.767 11.192
202009 14.260 109.815 17.112
202012 8.003 109.897 9.596
202103 -22.655 111.754 -26.714
202106 25.019 114.631 28.761
202109 30.209 115.734 34.396
202112 -32.591 117.630 -36.511
202203 32.861 121.301 35.699
202206 30.286 125.017 31.924
202209 -33.827 125.227 -35.596
202212 -34.597 125.222 -36.408
202303 -39.812 127.348 -41.196
202306 7.971 128.729 8.160
202309 8.451 129.860 8.576
202312 3.024 129.419 3.079
202403 4.445 131.776 4.445

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


NRG Energy  (BSP:N1RG34) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

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.

NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=404.13/14.6
=27.68

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of NRG Energy was 315.50. The lowest was 10.18. And the median was 50.92.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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NRG Energy (BSP:N1RG34) Business Description

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910 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the U.S., with 5.5 million customers. Its 2023 acquisition of Vivint Smart Home adds 1.9 million home services customers. NRG also is one of the largest U.S. independent power producers, with 13 gigawatts of coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.

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