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Canadian Pacific Kansas City (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 55.19 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Canadian Pacific Kansas City Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current share price is $81.68. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.48. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 55.19.

The historical rank and industry rank for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

CP' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 50   Med: 97.85   Max: 1424.2
Current: 55.43

During the past years, Canadian Pacific Kansas City's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1424.20. The lowest was 50.00. And the median was 97.85.

CP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
82.44% of 410 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 17.605 vs CP: 55.43

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.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.383. 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 $1.48 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian Pacific Kansas City'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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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City 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 54.82 55.81 52.24 53.19 59.31

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Railroads subindustry, Canadian Pacific Kansas City'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.


Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Canadian Pacific Kansas City 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.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=81.68/1.48
=55.19

* 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.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Canadian Pacific Kansas City'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)
=0.383/125.4675*125.4675
=0.383

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 125.4675.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.364 99.473 0.459
201409 0.126 99.394 0.159
201412 0.146 98.367 0.186
201503 0.278 99.789 0.350
201506 0.225 100.500 0.281
201509 0.235 100.421 0.294
201512 0.159 99.947 0.200
201603 -0.059 101.054 -0.073
201606 0.185 102.002 0.228
201609 0.306 101.765 0.377
201612 0.497 101.449 0.615
201703 0.082 102.634 0.100
201706 0.271 103.029 0.330
201709 0.232 103.345 0.282
201712 0.310 103.345 0.376
201803 0.167 105.004 0.200
201806 0.317 105.557 0.377
201809 0.261 105.636 0.310
201812 0.486 105.399 0.579
201903 0.201 106.979 0.236
201906 0.281 107.690 0.327
201909 0.391 107.611 0.456
201912 0.588 107.769 0.685
202003 0.140 107.927 0.163
202006 0.361 108.401 0.418
202009 0.010 108.164 0.012
202012 0.758 108.559 0.876
202103 0.308 110.298 0.350
202106 1.879 111.720 2.110
202109 0.207 112.905 0.230
202112 0.198 113.774 0.218
202203 0.328 117.646 0.350
202206 0.282 120.806 0.293
202209 0.546 120.648 0.568
202212 0.932 120.964 0.967
202303 0.373 122.702 0.381
202306 0.206 124.203 0.208
202309 0.218 125.230 0.218
202312 0.504 125.468 0.504
202403 0.383 125.468 0.383

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.


Canadian Pacific Kansas City  (NYSE:CP) 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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Canadian Pacific Kansas City (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7550 Ogden Dale Road S.E., Calgary, AB, CAN, T2C 4X9
Canadian Pacific Kansas City is a Class-1 railroad operating on track that spans across most of Canada and into parts of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. Following the April 2023 Kansas City Southern merger, CP operates new single-line-haul services from Canada and the Upper Midwest down through Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, and into Mexico. It also hauls cross border and intra Mexico freight via operating concessions on 3,300 miles of rail in Mexico. CP hauls shipments of grain, intermodal containers, energy products (like crude and frac sand), chemicals, plastics, coal, fertilizer and potash, automotive products, and a diverse mix of other merchandise.
Executives
John Kenneth Brooks officer: SVP & Chief Marketing Officer 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Mike Foran officer: VP Network Transportation 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Clements James Dominic Luther officer: VP Planning & Transportation 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Mark Kenneth Wallace officer: VP Corp Affrs & Chief of Staff 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
E Hunter Harrison director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2708 SHELTINGHAM, WELLINGTON FL 33414
Trafton Gordon T. Ii director 2632 SUTTON CIRCLE, NAPERVILLE IL 60564
Ubavka Rebecca Macdonald director 130 KING STREET WEST, TORONTO A6 M5X 1E1
Jane L Peverett director 1489 MARINE DRIVE, SUITE 802, WEST VANCOUVER A1 V7T 1B8
Peter John Edwards officer: VP HR & Labour Relations 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Robert Allen Johnson officer: Executive VP Operations 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
John E Derry officer: Vice-President Human Resources 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
William R. Fatt director 129 ROCHESTER AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M4N 1N9
Gillian H Denham director C/O CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LIMITED, 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Nadeem Velani officer: Interim VP and CFO 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S. E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.p. director 787 11TH AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019