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Ally Financial (STU:GMZ) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 85.60 (As of Jun. 02, 2024)


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What is Ally Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-02), Ally Financial's current share price is €35.095. Ally Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.41. Ally Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 85.60.

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

STU:GMZ' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.47   Med: 10.32   Max: 89.16
Current: 86.8

During the past years, Ally Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 89.16. The lowest was 4.47. And the median was 10.32.

STU:GMZ's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
92.31% of 104 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 9.895 vs STU:GMZ: 86.80

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.

Ally Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.885. 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 €0.41 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Ally Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Ally Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
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Ally Financial Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Ally Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Credit Services subindustry, Ally Financial'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.


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

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

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



Ally Financial 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=35.095/0.41
=85.60

* 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.

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

For example, Ally Financial'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)
=1.885/131.7762*131.7762
=1.885

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Ally Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -3.420 100.560 -4.482
201409 -2.642 100.428 -3.467
201412 -1.962 99.070 -2.610
201503 -2.297 99.621 -3.038
201506 1.098 100.684 1.437
201509 2.119 100.392 2.781
201512 -0.230 99.792 -0.304
201603 0.928 100.470 1.217
201606 0.848 101.688 1.099
201609 0.488 101.861 0.631
201612 0.128 101.863 0.166
201703 0.565 102.862 0.724
201706 -0.343 103.349 -0.437
201709 0.789 104.136 0.998
201712 -0.954 104.011 -1.209
201803 0.237 105.290 0.297
201806 -0.447 106.317 -0.554
201809 0.910 106.507 1.126
201812 0.187 105.998 0.232
201903 0.630 107.251 0.774
201906 -0.474 108.070 -0.578
201909 0.280 108.329 0.341
201912 -0.397 108.420 -0.483
202003 -0.780 108.902 -0.944
202006 -1.094 108.767 -1.325
202009 0.372 109.815 0.446
202012 0.089 109.897 0.107
202103 -0.220 111.754 -0.259
202106 -2.904 114.631 -3.338
202109 0.601 115.734 0.684
202112 0.178 117.630 0.199
202203 1.868 121.301 2.029
202206 2.855 125.017 3.009
202209 1.827 125.227 1.923
202212 1.499 125.222 1.577
202303 2.127 127.348 2.201
202306 2.509 128.729 2.568
202309 3.025 129.860 3.070
202312 -1.800 129.419 -1.833
202403 1.885 131.776 1.885

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.


Ally Financial  (STU:GMZ) 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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Ally Financial (STU:GMZ) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 Woodward Avenue, Floor 10, Ally Detroit Center, Detroit, MI, USA, 48226
Formerly the captive financial arm of General Motors, Ally Financial became an independent publicly traded firm in 2014 and is one of the largest consumer auto lenders in the country. While the firm has expanded its product offerings over time, it remains primarily focused on auto lending with more than 70% of its loan book in consumer auto loans and dealer financing. Ally also offers auto insurance, personal loans, commercial loans, credit cards, and holds a portfolio of mortgage debt, giving the bank a diversified business model, which includes brokerage services.