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SGS AG (SGS AG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 18.14 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is SGS AG Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-28), SGS AG's current share price is $9.07. SGS AG's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.50. SGS AG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 18.14.

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

SGSOY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.91   Med: 30.71   Max: 45.11
Current: 20.23

During the past 13 years, SGS AG's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 45.11. The lowest was 16.91. And the median was 30.71.

SGSOY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
55.06% of 356 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 17.405 vs SGSOY: 20.23

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.

SGS AG's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.502. 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 $0.50 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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SGS AG Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

SGS AG 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 32.57 30.92 32.34 21.35 17.19

SGS AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 32.34 - 21.35 - 17.19

Competitive Comparison of SGS AG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Consulting Services subindustry, SGS AG'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.


SGS AG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SGS AG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



SGS AG 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=9.07/0.5
=18.14

* 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.

SGS AG's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, SGS AG's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=0.502/106.4611*106.4611
=0.502

Current CPI (Dec23) = 106.4611.

SGS AG Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 0.315 100.704 0.333
201512 0.338 99.386 0.362
201612 0.365 99.380 0.391
201712 0.361 100.213 0.384
201812 0.396 100.906 0.418
201912 0.450 101.063 0.474
202012 0.541 100.241 0.575
202112 0.470 101.776 0.492
202212 0.392 104.666 0.399
202312 0.502 106.461 0.502

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.


SGS AG  (OTCPK:SGSOY) 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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SGS AG (SGS AG) Business Description

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Address
1 Place des Alpes, P.O. Box 2152, Geneva, CHE, CH-1211
Switzerland-listed SGS is the largest and one of the oldest companies in the testing, inspection, and certification industry. The company's primary activities involve testing products and materials, inspecting sites/industrial equipment, and certifying products and systems to ensure global/company standards. SGS is one of only four TIC companies that operate globally across numerous industries, including agriculture, food and life science, and transport services. SGS was first listed in 1981 and employs almost 100,000 people worldwide.

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