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Morningstar (Morningstar) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 48.61 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Morningstar Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Morningstar's current share price is $286.29. Morningstar's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.89. Morningstar's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 48.61.

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

MORN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.43   Med: 35.99   Max: 69.29
Current: 48.59

During the past years, Morningstar's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 69.29. The lowest was 25.43. And the median was 35.99.

MORN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
81% of 221 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 19.29 vs MORN: 48.59

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.

Morningstar's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.384. 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 $5.89 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Morningstar Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Morningstar 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 39.67 53.54 67.02 39.25 49.98

Morningstar 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 36.59 35.91 41.56 49.98 52.34

Competitive Comparison of Morningstar's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Morningstar'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.


Morningstar's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Morningstar's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Morningstar 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=286.29/5.89
=48.61

* 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.

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

For example, Morningstar'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)
=1.384/129.4194*129.4194
=1.384

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Morningstar Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.000 100.560 1.287
201409 -0.076 100.428 -0.098
201412 1.027 99.070 1.342
201503 0.463 99.621 0.601
201506 1.459 100.684 1.875
201509 1.429 100.392 1.842
201512 0.807 99.792 1.047
201603 -0.049 100.470 -0.063
201606 1.282 101.688 1.632
201609 0.977 101.861 1.241
201612 1.275 101.863 1.620
201703 0.745 102.862 0.937
201706 0.852 103.349 1.067
201709 1.154 104.136 1.434
201712 1.527 104.011 1.900
201803 0.986 105.290 1.212
201806 1.205 106.317 1.467
201809 1.397 106.507 1.698
201812 1.963 105.998 2.397
201903 0.937 107.251 1.131
201906 1.599 108.070 1.915
201909 1.981 108.329 2.367
201912 1.370 108.420 1.635
202003 0.776 108.902 0.922
202006 2.560 108.767 3.046
202009 1.639 109.815 1.932
202012 2.144 109.897 2.525
202103 0.958 111.754 1.109
202106 2.506 114.631 2.829
202109 2.129 115.734 2.381
202112 2.419 117.630 2.661
202203 -0.104 121.301 -0.111
202206 0.862 125.017 0.892
202209 1.602 125.227 1.656
202212 1.582 125.222 1.635
202303 -0.143 127.348 -0.145
202306 -0.136 128.729 -0.137
202309 2.364 129.860 2.356
202312 2.495 129.419 2.495
202403 1.384 129.419 1.384

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.


Morningstar  (NAS:MORN) 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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Morningstar (Morningstar) Business Description

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Address
22 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL, USA, 60602
Morningstar Inc is a provider of independent investment research to financial advisers, asset managers, and investors. The company focuses its operations on two core sectors: data and research. It offers data on investments such as mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, separate accounts, and variable annuities. Further, the company tracks real-time market data of equity, derivative, and currency exchanges and other investments. In its research operation, Morningstar offers analyst research on passive and active mutual funds, alternative funds, and college saving plans. Morningstar's largest share of revenue is generated in the United States of America.
Executives
Joseph D Mansueto director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 225 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Robin Diamonte director C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 WEST WASHINGTON ST., CHICAGO IL 60602
Gail S Landis director MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Daniel Joseph Dunn officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Caroline J Tsay director C/O ROSETTA STONE INC., 1919 NORTH LYNN STREET, 7TH FLOOR, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Bevin Desmond officer: Head of Talent and Culture C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 225 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
William M Lyons director 225 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Cheryl A Francis director 8237 GREYSTONE COURT, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Doniel Sutton director C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Steven N Kaplan director 1101 EAST 58TH STREET, CHICAGO IL 60637
Stephen Joynt director C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 W. WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Kimberly J Mcgarry officer: Global Controller & CAO 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, 6TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60602
Jason Dubinsky officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 W. WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Kunal Kapoor director, officer: CEO MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Jack Noonan director 17000 GULF BLVD, UNIT B, N. REDINGTON BEACH FL 33708