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Ball (FRA:BL8) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 83.45 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Ball Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-05), Ball's current share price is €63.42. Ball's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.76. Ball's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 83.45.

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

FRA:BL8' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.73   Med: 35.75   Max: 85.12
Current: 83.68

During the past years, Ball's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 85.12. The lowest was 21.73. And the median was 35.75.

FRA:BL8's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
90.12% of 162 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 15.745 vs FRA:BL8: 83.68

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.

Ball's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-4.061. 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 €0.76 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Ball Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Ball 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 38.51 54.58 58.69 46.88 49.08

Ball 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 50.56 49.99 42.44 49.08 82.18

Competitive Comparison of Ball's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Ball'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.


Ball's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ball's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ball 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=63.42/0.76
=83.45

* 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.

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

For example, Ball'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)
=-4.061/129.4194*129.4194
=-4.061

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Ball Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.701 100.560 0.902
201409 0.888 100.428 1.144
201412 0.637 99.070 0.832
201503 -0.937 99.621 -1.217
201506 0.847 100.684 1.089
201509 0.813 100.392 1.048
201512 0.781 99.792 1.013
201603 -1.659 100.470 -2.137
201606 0.879 101.688 1.119
201609 -1.489 101.861 -1.892
201612 1.116 101.863 1.418
201703 -1.374 102.862 -1.729
201706 1.356 103.349 1.698
201709 0.746 104.136 0.927
201712 1.395 104.011 1.736
201803 -0.717 105.290 -0.881
201806 0.738 106.317 0.898
201809 1.032 106.507 1.254
201812 0.856 105.998 1.045
201903 -0.731 107.251 -0.882
201906 0.676 108.070 0.810
201909 0.674 108.329 0.805
201912 1.929 108.420 2.303
202003 -2.508 108.902 -2.981
202006 0.648 108.767 0.771
202009 0.870 109.815 1.025
202012 1.613 109.897 1.900
202103 -2.115 111.754 -2.449
202106 0.625 114.631 0.706
202109 0.669 115.734 0.748
202112 0.978 117.630 1.076
202203 -3.248 121.301 -3.465
202206 -0.152 125.017 -0.157
202209 -0.857 125.227 -0.886
202212 0.406 125.222 0.420
202303 -1.823 127.348 -1.853
202306 1.081 128.729 1.087
202309 1.606 129.860 1.601
202312 1.506 129.419 1.506
202403 -4.061 129.419 -4.061

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.


Ball  (FRA:BL8) 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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Ball (FRA:BL8) Business Description

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Address
9200 West 108th Circle, Westminster, CO, USA, 80021
Ball is the world's largest metal can manufacturer with market share over 40% in its three main regions (North America, Europe, and South America). The company is focused on increasing capacity amid a wave of new developed-market demand, while also investing in faster-growing emerging-market economies. Ball maintains a small presence in the U.S. defense industry through its aerospace segment. Ball spun-off its glass jar business in 1993 and is now owned by Newell. The company reports four segments—beverage packaging, North and Central America (44% of revenue), beverage packaging, EMEA (25%), beverage packaging, South America (14%), aerospace (14%)—and it generated $15.3 billion in revenue in 2022.

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