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Credit Acceptance (BSP:CRDA34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.87 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Credit Acceptance Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), Credit Acceptance's current share price is R$285.32. Credit Acceptance's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$28.90. Credit Acceptance's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.87.

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

BSP:CRDA34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.89   Med: 18.59   Max: 29.68
Current: 8.59

During the past years, Credit Acceptance's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 29.68. The lowest was 7.89. And the median was 18.59.

BSP:CRDA34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
51.92% of 104 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 9.34 vs BSP:CRDA34: 8.59

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.

Credit Acceptance's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$12.195. 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 R$28.90 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Credit Acceptance Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Credit Acceptance 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 20.24 12.90 20.14 10.79 10.06

Credit Acceptance 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 9.36 10.39 8.97 10.06 9.87

Competitive Comparison of Credit Acceptance's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Credit Services subindustry, Credit Acceptance'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.


Credit Acceptance's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

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

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



Credit Acceptance 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=285.32/28.9
=9.87

* 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.

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

For example, Credit Acceptance'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)
=12.195/131.7762*131.7762
=12.195

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Credit Acceptance Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.786 100.560 1.030
201409 1.023 100.428 1.342
201412 1.184 99.070 1.575
201503 1.741 99.621 2.303
201506 1.057 100.684 1.383
201509 2.045 100.392 2.684
201512 1.899 99.792 2.508
201603 1.625 100.470 2.131
201606 2.277 101.688 2.951
201609 2.143 101.861 2.772
201612 2.332 101.863 3.017
201703 2.510 102.862 3.216
201706 1.646 103.349 2.099
201709 2.449 104.136 3.099
201712 2.521 104.011 3.194
201803 3.472 105.290 4.345
201806 1.909 106.317 2.366
201809 3.673 106.507 4.544
201812 3.938 105.998 4.896
201903 4.547 107.251 5.587
201906 3.241 108.070 3.952
201909 4.350 108.329 5.292
201912 4.343 108.420 5.279
202003 6.096 108.902 7.376
202006 7.939 108.767 9.618
202009 8.328 109.815 9.993
202012 5.813 109.897 6.970
202103 10.691 111.754 12.606
202106 10.210 114.631 11.737
202109 8.898 115.734 10.131
202112 4.978 117.630 5.577
202203 12.991 121.301 14.113
202206 9.343 125.017 9.848
202209 12.767 125.227 13.435
202212 11.275 125.222 11.865
202303 11.777 127.348 12.187
202306 10.419 128.729 10.666
202309 11.874 129.860 12.049
202312 11.814 129.419 12.029
202403 12.195 131.776 12.195

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.


Credit Acceptance  (BSP:CRDA34) 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.


Credit Acceptance Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms

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Credit Acceptance (BSP:CRDA34) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25505 W. Twelve Mile Road, Southfield, MI, USA, 48034-8339
Credit Acceptance Corp is a consumer finance company that specializes in automobile loans. These loans are offered through a U.S. nationwide network of automobile dealers that benefit from sales of vehicles to consumers who could otherwise not obtain financing. The company also benefits from repeat and referral sales, and from sales to customers responding to advertisements for financing, but qualify for traditional financing. The company derives its revenue from finance charges, premiums earned on the reinsurance of vehicle service contracts, and other fees. Of these, financing charges, including servicing fees, are by far the largest source of revenue.

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