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Electro-Sensors (Electro-Sensors) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 82.92 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Electro-Sensors Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Electro-Sensors's current share price is $4.1461. Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.05. Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 82.92.

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

ELSE' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 28.73   Med: 45   Max: 128.2
Current: 87

During the past years, Electro-Sensors's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 128.20. The lowest was 28.73. And the median was 45.00.

ELSE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
81.01% of 953 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 27.98 vs ELSE: 87.00

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.

Electro-Sensors's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.011. 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 $0.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Electro-Sensors Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electro-Sensors'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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Electro-Sensors Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Electro-Sensors 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 59.51 96.25 92.51 98.99 79.74

Electro-Sensors Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 98.99 90.50 81.98 73.13 79.74

Competitive Comparison of Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Electro-Sensors'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.


Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Electro-Sensors 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.

Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=4.1461/0.05
=82.92

* 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.

Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Electro-Sensors's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.011/129.4194*129.4194
=0.011

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Electro-Sensors Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.034 99.695 0.044
201406 -0.014 100.560 -0.018
201409 -0.001 100.428 -0.001
201412 0.040 99.070 0.052
201503 -0.056 99.621 -0.073
201506 -0.031 100.684 -0.040
201509 0.019 100.392 0.024
201512 -0.038 99.792 -0.049
201603 -0.021 100.470 -0.027
201606 0.015 101.688 0.019
201609 0.050 101.861 0.064
201612 0.013 101.863 0.017
201703 -0.054 102.862 -0.068
201706 0.062 103.349 0.078
201709 0.081 104.136 0.101
201712 0.016 104.011 0.020
201803 -0.070 105.290 -0.086
201806 0.039 106.317 0.047
201809 0.015 106.507 0.018
201812 0.045 105.998 0.055
201903 -0.046 107.251 -0.056
201906 0.013 108.070 0.016
201909 0.026 108.329 0.031
201912 -0.024 108.420 -0.029
202003 0.019 108.902 0.023
202006 0.051 108.767 0.061
202009 0.018 109.815 0.021
202012 0.009 109.897 0.011
202103 -0.013 111.754 -0.015
202106 0.150 114.631 0.169
202109 0.024 115.734 0.027
202112 0.064 117.630 0.070
202203 -0.032 121.301 -0.034
202206 -0.053 125.017 -0.055
202209 0.017 125.227 0.018
202212 0.005 125.222 0.005
202303 -0.043 127.348 -0.044
202306 0.003 128.729 0.003
202309 0.067 129.860 0.067
202312 0.011 129.419 0.011

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.


Electro-Sensors  (NAS:ELSE) 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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Electro-Sensors (Electro-Sensors) Business Description

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6111 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN, USA, 55343-9108
Electro-Sensors Inc is engaged in manufacturing and selling a variety of monitoring systems that measure actual machine production and operation rates, as well as systems that regulate the speed of related machines in production processes. Its speed monitoring systems compare revolutions per minute or speed against acceptable rates as determined by a customer. It also includes a line of products that measure production counts or rates, such as parts, gallons, or board feet, alarm systems, tachometers, and other devices that translate impulses from the sensors into alarm signals, computer inputs, or digital displays that are usable by the customer.
Executives
Patricia Nancy Peterson 10 percent owner 6005 ERIN TERRACE, EDINA MN 55439
Paul Rodney Peterson 10 percent owner 227 CEDAR DRIVE WEST, HUDSON WI 54016
John Eberhart Peterson 10 percent owner 815 BUTTONBUSH LANE, NAPLES FL 34108
Michael C. Zipoy director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DR, MINNETONKA MN 55343
Lynne Elizabeth Peterson 10 percent owner 10254 NOTTINGHAM TRAIL, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Estate Of Nancy P. Peterson 10 percent owner C/O 15708 WOODKNOLL LANE, MINNETONKA MN 55345
Michael Hochman officer: VP of Casino Card Operations 1100 CANTERBURY ROAD, SHAKOPEE MN 55379
Nancy P. Peterson 10 percent owner 905 MAIN STREET, HOPKINS MN 55343
Nicholas John Swenson 10 percent owner 5000 WEST 36TH STREET, SUITE 130, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Scott A. Gabbard director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DRIVE, MINNETONKA MN 55343
David L Klenk director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DRIVE, MINNETONKA MN 55343
Robert W Heller director 10992 MOUNT CURVE ROAD, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Jeffrey Dean Peterson director 15708 WOODKNOLL LANE, MINNETONKA MN 55345
Geoffrey W Miller director 12735 42ND PLACE N, PLAYMOUTH MN 55442-2350
John S Strom director

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