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Olympic Steel (Olympic Steel) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 20.25 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Olympic Steel Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-22), Olympic Steel's current share price is $54.27. Olympic Steel's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.68. Olympic Steel's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 20.25.

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

ZEUS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.34   Med: 41.77   Max: 1866
Current: 20.04

During the past years, Olympic Steel's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1866.00. The lowest was 12.34. And the median was 41.77.

ZEUS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
65.02% of 263 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 13.73 vs ZEUS: 20.04

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.

Olympic Steel's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.637. 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 $2.68 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Olympic Steel Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Olympic Steel 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 3,025.29 12.36 1,066.44 23.73 28.51

Olympic Steel 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 28.55 29.61 29.76 28.51 26.45

Competitive Comparison of Olympic Steel's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Steel subindustry, Olympic Steel'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.


Olympic Steel's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Olympic Steel's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Olympic Steel 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=54.27/2.68
=20.25

* 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.

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

For example, Olympic Steel'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)
=-0.637/131.7762*131.7762
=-0.637

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Olympic Steel Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.437 100.560 -0.573
201409 -2.791 100.428 -3.662
201412 1.690 99.070 2.248
201503 1.150 99.621 1.521
201506 2.479 100.684 3.245
201509 2.024 100.392 2.657
201512 3.299 99.792 4.356
201603 0.130 100.470 0.171
201606 0.489 101.688 0.634
201609 -1.957 101.861 -2.532
201612 -0.144 101.863 -0.186
201703 -2.442 102.862 -3.128
201706 -1.334 103.349 -1.701
201709 -0.892 104.136 -1.129
201712 2.103 104.011 2.664
201803 -4.484 105.290 -5.612
201806 -2.139 106.317 -2.651
201809 -0.685 106.507 -0.848
201812 0.635 105.998 0.789
201903 -0.310 107.251 -0.381
201906 4.497 108.070 5.483
201909 3.863 108.329 4.699
201912 2.407 108.420 2.926
202003 -1.415 108.902 -1.712
202006 1.184 108.767 1.434
202009 2.039 109.815 2.447
202012 2.722 109.897 3.264
202103 -2.436 111.754 -2.872
202106 -6.286 114.631 -7.226
202109 -2.983 115.734 -3.396
202112 -1.976 117.630 -2.214
202203 1.104 121.301 1.199
202206 2.157 125.017 2.274
202209 4.038 125.227 4.249
202212 7.045 125.222 7.414
202303 3.891 127.348 4.026
202306 1.647 128.729 1.686
202309 3.223 129.860 3.271
202312 4.517 129.419 4.599
202403 -0.637 131.776 -0.637

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.


Olympic Steel  (NAS:ZEUS) 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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Olympic Steel (Olympic Steel) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
22901 Millcreek Boulevard, Suite 650, Highland Hills, OH, USA, 44122
Olympic Steel Inc provides metals processing and distribution services in the United States. The company operates in three reportable segments; specialty metals flat products, carbon flat products, and tubular and pipe products. It specializes in the processing and distribution of large volumes of carbon, aluminum, and stainless steel flat-rolled sheet, coils, plates, bars, and fabricated parts. The group serves various industries such as industrial machinery and equipment manufacturers, automobile manufacturers and suppliers, and transportation equipment manufacturers. The company generates majority of the revenue from carbon flat products.
Executives
Dirk A Kempthorne director 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Michael D Siegal director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board and CEO 5080 RICHMOND ROAD, CLEVELAND OH 44146-1392
David A Wolfort director, officer: President and COO
Richard T Marabito officer: Chief Financial Officer 5096 RICHMOND ROAD, BEDFORD HEIGHTS OH 44146
Andrew S Greiff officer: EVP and COO 22901 MILLCREEK BLVD., SUITE 650, HIGHLAND HILLS OH 44122
Richard P Stovsky director 350 CAMINO DE LA REINA, SUITE 100, SAN DIEGO CA 92108
Arthur F Anton director 29500 SOLON ROAD, SOLON OH 44139
Richard A Manson officer: Vice President and Treasurer 5096 RICHMOND ROAD, BEDFORD HEIGHTS OH 44146
Lisa K Christen officer: See Remarks C/O/ OLYMPIC STEEL, INC., 22901 MILLCREED BLVD., SUITE 650, HIGHLAND HILLS OH 44122
Vanessa Whiting director C/O OLYMPIC STEEL, INC., 22901 MILLCREEK BLVD., SUITE 650, HIGHLAND HILLS OH 44122
Della Ratta Ralph M Jr director 1690 CHAGRIN RIVER ROAD, GATES MILLS OH 44040
Idalene Fay Kesner director 101 OAKLEY STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Michael G Rippey director C/O OLYMPIC STEEL, INC., 22901 MILLCREEK BLVD., HIGHLAND HILLS OH 44122
Howard Goldstein director 5096 RICHMOND RD, BEDFORD HEIGHTS OH 44146
Mcneeley Donald R. Jr. director, officer: Subsidiary Officer 5096 RICHMOND ROAD, BEDFORD HEIGHTS OH 44146