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American Water Works Co (BSP:A1WK34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is American Water Works Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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American Water Works Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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American Water Works Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, American Water Works Co'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.


American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



American Water Works Co 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.

American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, American Water Works Co'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)
=-1.692/131.7762*131.7762
=-1.692

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

American Water Works Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.076 100.560 -0.100
201409 0.344 100.428 0.451
201412 -0.221 99.070 -0.294
201503 -0.183 99.621 -0.242
201506 -0.281 100.684 -0.368
201509 0.531 100.392 0.697
201512 -0.340 99.792 -0.449
201603 -0.212 100.470 -0.278
201606 -0.308 101.688 -0.399
201609 0.274 101.861 0.354
201612 -0.286 101.863 -0.370
201703 -0.026 102.862 -0.033
201706 -0.460 103.349 -0.587
201709 0.486 104.136 0.615
201712 -0.304 104.011 -0.385
201803 -0.756 105.290 -0.946
201806 -0.469 106.317 -0.581
201809 0.278 106.507 0.344
201812 -0.435 105.998 -0.541
201903 -0.934 107.251 -1.148
201906 -0.517 108.070 -0.630
201909 0.182 108.329 0.221
201912 -0.760 108.420 -0.924
202003 -1.694 108.902 -2.050
202006 -0.989 108.767 -1.198
202009 -0.089 109.815 -0.107
202012 -0.702 109.897 -0.842
202103 -1.401 111.754 -1.652
202106 -0.649 114.631 -0.746
202109 0.210 115.734 0.239
202112 -1.445 117.630 -1.619
202203 -1.982 121.301 -2.153
202206 -3.869 125.017 -4.078
202209 -0.504 125.227 -0.530
202212 -2.839 125.222 -2.988
202303 -1.904 127.348 -1.970
202306 -1.525 128.729 -1.561
202309 -0.177 129.860 -0.180
202312 -1.969 129.419 -2.005
202403 -1.692 131.776 -1.692

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.


American Water Works Co  (BSP:A1WK34) 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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American Water Works Co (BSP:A1WK34) Business Description

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Address
1 Water Street, Camden, NJ, USA, 08102-1658
American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.5 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts with regulated-like returns.

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