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CRM (Salesforce) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : $6.06 (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

Salesforce's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $3.930. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $6.06 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Salesforce's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 26.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 24.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 24.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 26.50% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Salesforce was 30.60% per year. The lowest was 20.10% per year. And the median was 25.50% per year.

As of today (2025-04-25), Salesforce's current stock price is $267.85. Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $6.06. Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 44.20.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Salesforce was 124.45. The lowest was 35.53. And the median was 85.37.


Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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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Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Salesforce Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.46 3.11 3.83 4.80 6.06

Salesforce Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 4.80 5.41 5.46 5.68 6.06

Competitive Comparison of Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Software - Application subindustry, Salesforce'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.


Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

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. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, Salesforce's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=3.93/134.0288*134.0288
=3.930

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Salesforce Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 0.359 99.824 0.482
201507 0.363 100.691 0.483
201510 0.124 100.346 0.166
201601 0.600 99.957 0.805
201604 1.409 100.947 1.871
201607 0.222 101.524 0.293
201610 0.020 101.988 0.026
201701 0.790 102.456 1.033
201704 1.486 103.167 1.931
201707 0.278 103.278 0.361
201710 0.019 104.070 0.024
201801 1.219 104.578 1.562
201804 1.782 105.708 2.259
201807 0.372 106.324 0.469
201810 0.009 106.695 0.011
201901 1.485 106.200 1.874
201904 2.277 107.818 2.831
201907 0.325 108.250 0.402
201910 0.146 108.577 0.180
202001 1.639 108.841 2.018
202004 1.682 108.173 2.084
202007 0.342 109.318 0.419
202010 0.229 109.861 0.279
202101 2.150 110.364 2.611
202104 3.252 112.673 3.868
202107 0.182 115.183 0.212
202110 0.238 116.696 0.273
202201 1.808 118.619 2.043
202204 3.494 121.978 3.839
202207 0.131 125.002 0.140
202210 0.115 125.734 0.123
202301 2.609 126.223 2.770
202304 4.300 127.992 4.503
202307 0.637 128.974 0.662
202310 1.392 129.810 1.437
202401 3.319 130.124 3.419
202404 6.177 132.289 6.258
202407 0.776 132.708 0.784
202410 1.844 133.182 1.856
202501 3.930 134.029 3.930

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Salesforce  (NYSE:CRM) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

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.

Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=267.85/6.06
=44.20

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Salesforce was 124.45. The lowest was 35.53. And the median was 85.37.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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