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Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Unilever NV Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Unilever NV Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever NV's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Unilever NV Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Unilever NV Annual Data
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Unilever NV Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Unilever NV's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever NV'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.


Unilever NV's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Unilever NV 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.

Unilever NV's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec19 is calculated as:

For example, Unilever NV's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec19 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec19 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec19)
=2.785/106.8000*106.8000
=2.785

Current CPI (Dec19) = 106.8000.

Unilever NV Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201012 1.724 91.820 2.005
201112 1.577 94.040 1.791
201212 2.115 96.760 2.334
201312 2.004 98.360 2.176
201412 1.496 99.050 1.613
201512 2.005 99.730 2.147
201612 1.852 100.710 1.964
201712 2.612 101.970 2.736
201812 2.443 103.970 2.509
201912 2.785 106.800 2.785

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.


Unilever NV  (NYSE:UN) 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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Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Business Description

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Address
Weena 455, Rotterdam, NLD, 3000
Netherlands-based Unilever NV and U.K.-based Unilever PLC operate Unilever Group, a diversified household and personal product (60% of 2018 sales by value) and packaged-food and refreshments (40%) company. The firm's brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Lipton teas, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme hair-care brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years, and high-profile purchases include the mail-order men's grooming business Dollar Shave Club.