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Motorola Solutions (LTS:0K3H) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 47.90 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Motorola Solutions Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-26), Motorola Solutions's current share price is $365.02. Motorola Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $7.62. Motorola Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 47.90.

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

LTS:0K3H' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.94   Med: 37.22   Max: 51.95
Current: 47.7

During the past years, Motorola Solutions's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 51.95. The lowest was 9.94. And the median was 37.22.

LTS:0K3H's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
66.45% of 933 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 30.71 vs LTS:0K3H: 47.70

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.

Motorola Solutions's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.020. 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 $7.62 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Motorola Solutions Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Motorola Solutions 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 37.19 37.24 48.75 39.99 42.83

Motorola Solutions 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 43.66 44.28 38.89 42.83 46.44

Competitive Comparison of Motorola Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Motorola Solutions'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.


Motorola Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Motorola Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Motorola Solutions 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=365.02/7.62
=47.90

* 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.

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

For example, Motorola Solutions'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)
=2.02/131.7762*131.7762
=2.020

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Motorola Solutions Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.515 100.560 0.675
201409 -0.761 100.428 -0.999
201412 -2.929 99.070 -3.896
201503 0.565 99.621 0.747
201506 0.487 100.684 0.637
201509 1.247 100.392 1.637
201512 2.060 99.792 2.720
201603 -0.215 100.470 -0.282
201606 1.138 101.688 1.475
201609 1.651 101.861 2.136
201612 2.658 101.863 3.439
201703 0.436 102.862 0.559
201706 0.710 103.349 0.905
201709 1.095 104.136 1.386
201712 4.568 104.011 5.787
201803 -3.171 105.290 -3.969
201806 2.236 106.317 2.771
201809 1.692 106.507 2.093
201812 4.290 105.998 5.333
201903 1.060 107.251 1.302
201906 1.068 108.070 1.302
201909 2.642 108.329 3.214
201912 4.199 108.420 5.104
202003 1.478 108.902 1.788
202006 0.893 108.767 1.082
202009 1.977 109.815 2.372
202012 3.677 109.897 4.409
202103 1.836 111.754 2.165
202106 1.883 114.631 2.165
202109 1.809 115.734 2.060
202112 3.645 117.630 4.083
202203 0.566 121.301 0.615
202206 -0.287 125.017 -0.303
202209 1.854 125.227 1.951
202212 6.981 125.222 7.346
202303 -0.359 127.348 -0.371
202306 0.232 128.729 0.237
202309 3.780 129.860 3.836
202312 6.775 129.419 6.898
202403 2.020 131.776 2.020

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.


Motorola Solutions  (LTS:0K3H) 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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Motorola Solutions (LTS:0K3H) Business Description

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Address
500 West Monroe Street, Suite 4400, Chicago, IL, USA, 60661
Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of communications and analytics, primarily serving public safety departments as well as schools, hospitals, and businesses. The bulk of the firm's revenue comes from sales of land mobile radios and radio network infrastructure, but the firm also sells surveillance equipment and dispatch software. Most of Motorola's revenue comes from government agencies, while roughly 25% comes from schools and private businesses. Motorola has customers in over 100 countries and in every state in the United States.

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