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Edwards Lifesciences (Edwards Lifesciences) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 59.20 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Edwards Lifesciences Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Edwards Lifesciences's current share price is $86.43. Edwards Lifesciences's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.46. Edwards Lifesciences's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 59.20.

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

EW' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 36.33   Med: 69.21   Max: 113.15
Current: 60.32

During the past years, Edwards Lifesciences's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 113.15. The lowest was 36.33. And the median was 69.21.

EW's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
68.56% of 229 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 42.75 vs EW: 60.32

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.

Edwards Lifesciences's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.058. 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 $1.46 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Edwards Lifesciences Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Edwards Lifesciences'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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Edwards Lifesciences Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Edwards Lifesciences 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 90.88 97.20 108.59 54.10 52.26

Edwards Lifesciences 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 54.10 57.78 66.13 46.93 52.26

Competitive Comparison of Edwards Lifesciences's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Edwards Lifesciences'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.


Edwards Lifesciences's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Edwards Lifesciences's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Edwards Lifesciences 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.

Edwards Lifesciences's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=86.43/1.46
=59.20

* 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.

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

For example, Edwards Lifesciences'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)
=0.058/129.4194*129.4194
=0.058

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Edwards Lifesciences Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.191 99.695 0.248
201406 1.182 100.560 1.521
201409 -0.009 100.428 -0.012
201412 0.073 99.070 0.095
201503 0.079 99.621 0.103
201506 0.230 100.684 0.296
201509 0.268 100.392 0.345
201512 0.094 99.792 0.122
201603 0.122 100.470 0.157
201606 0.172 101.688 0.219
201609 0.241 101.861 0.306
201612 0.211 101.863 0.268
201703 0.169 102.862 0.213
201706 0.210 103.349 0.263
201709 0.424 104.136 0.527
201712 0.472 104.011 0.587
201803 0.163 105.290 0.200
201806 0.136 106.317 0.166
201809 0.402 106.507 0.488
201812 0.370 105.998 0.452
201903 -0.090 107.251 -0.109
201906 0.423 108.070 0.507
201909 0.568 108.329 0.679
201912 0.520 108.420 0.621
202003 0.197 108.902 0.234
202006 0.198 108.767 0.236
202009 0.179 109.815 0.211
202012 0.447 109.897 0.526
202103 0.308 111.754 0.357
202106 0.725 114.631 0.819
202109 0.746 115.734 0.834
202112 0.443 117.630 0.487
202203 0.350 121.301 0.373
202206 0.461 125.017 0.477
202209 0.400 125.227 0.413
202212 0.314 125.222 0.325
202303 0.413 127.348 0.420
202306 -0.023 128.729 -0.023
202309 0.584 129.860 0.582
202312 0.058 129.419 0.058

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.


Edwards Lifesciences  (NYSE:EW) 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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Edwards Lifesciences (Edwards Lifesciences) Business Description

Address
One Edwards Way, Irvine, CA, USA, 92614
Spun off from Baxter International in 2000, Edwards Lifesciences designs, manufactures, and markets a range of medical devices and equipment for advanced stages of structural heart disease. It has established itself as a leader across key products, including surgical tissue heart valves, transcatheter valve technologies, surgical clips, catheters, and monitoring systems used to measure a patient's heart function during surgery. The firm derives about 55% of its total sales from outside the U.S.
Executives
Bobo Donald E Jr officer: CVP,Strategy/Corp Development C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Michael A Mussallem director, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Scott B. Ullem officer: CVP, CFO C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Daveen Chopra officer: CVP, Surgical Structural Heart C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92618
Larry L Wood officer: CVP, THV Replacement C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Catherine M. Szyman officer: CVP, Critical Care C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Wayne Markowitz officer: GM & SVP, Surgical ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Heisz Leslie Stone director C/O PUBLIC STORAGE, 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Jean-luc M Lemercier officer: CVP, EMEA, Canada, Latin Amer C/O ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Sellers Robert W.a. officer: VP, Corp. Controller (Principa ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Bernard J Zovighian officer: CVP, Surgical Heart Valves C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Huimin Wang officer: CVP, Japan & Intercontinental C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Martha H. Marsh director 9769 WEXFORD CIRCLE, GRANITE BAY CA 95746
Kieran Gallahue director PO BOX 684369, PARK CITY UT 84068
Nicholas J Valeriani director C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614