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Lifeway Foods (FRA:LWF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 50.43 (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-08), Lifeway Foods's current share price is €11.60. Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.23. Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 50.43.

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

FRA:LWF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.8   Med: 55.56   Max: 193.09
Current: 60.78

During the past years, Lifeway Foods's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 193.09. The lowest was 12.80. And the median was 55.56.

FRA:LWF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
82.66% of 715 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 23.11 vs FRA:LWF: 60.78

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.

Lifeway Foods's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.056. 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 €0.23 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Lifeway Foods 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 17.00 43.89 33.72 51.77 62.37

Lifeway Foods 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 53.20 67.19 49.77 62.37 79.78

Competitive Comparison of Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lifeway Foods'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.


Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lifeway Foods 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=11.60/0.23
=50.43

* 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.

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

For example, Lifeway Foods'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)
=-0.056/131.7762*131.7762
=-0.056

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Lifeway Foods Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.032 100.560 0.042
201409 0.014 100.428 0.018
201412 0.039 99.070 0.052
201503 0.062 99.621 0.082
201506 0.121 100.684 0.158
201509 -0.031 100.392 -0.041
201512 0.112 99.792 0.148
201603 -0.075 100.470 -0.098
201606 0.101 101.688 0.131
201609 0.086 101.861 0.111
201612 -0.010 101.863 -0.013
201703 0.068 102.862 0.087
201706 -0.014 103.349 -0.018
201709 -0.035 104.136 -0.044
201712 -0.094 104.011 -0.119
201803 -0.001 105.290 -0.001
201806 0.006 106.317 0.007
201809 -0.017 106.507 -0.021
201812 -0.009 105.998 -0.011
201903 0.059 107.251 0.072
201906 0.038 108.070 0.046
201909 0.151 108.329 0.184
201912 -0.097 108.420 -0.118
202003 -0.084 108.902 -0.102
202006 0.150 108.767 0.182
202009 0.163 109.815 0.196
202012 0.016 109.897 0.019
202103 0.037 111.754 0.044
202106 0.094 114.631 0.108
202109 0.091 115.734 0.104
202112 -0.029 117.630 -0.032
202203 -0.059 121.301 -0.064
202206 -0.074 125.017 -0.078
202209 0.208 125.227 0.219
202212 -0.030 125.222 -0.032
202303 0.079 127.348 0.082
202306 0.135 128.729 0.138
202309 0.343 129.860 0.348
202312 0.216 129.419 0.220
202403 -0.056 131.776 -0.056

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.


Lifeway Foods  (FRA:LWF) 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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Lifeway Foods (FRA:LWF) Business Description

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Address
6431 West Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL, USA, 60053
Lifeway Foods Inc is engaged in manufacturing probiotic, cultured, functional dairy health food products. Its primary product is drinkable kefir which is a cultured dairy product. Its product categories are Drinkable Kefir which is the key revenue-driving product, European-style soft cheeses, Cream, ProBugs, Frozen Kefir and Other dairy. The company manufacture and market products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers. It sells the products primarily through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors.

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