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Google (GOOGL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Apr. 25, 2025)


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What is Alphabet(Google) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Alphabet(Google) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alphabet(Google)'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Alphabet(Google) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Alphabet(Google) Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 54.44 68.23 34.14 44.88 51.66

Alphabet(Google) Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 46.08 53.99 47.48 51.66 -

Competitive Comparison of Alphabet(Google)'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Alphabet(Google)'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.


Alphabet(Google)'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Alphabet(Google)'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alphabet(Google)'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Alphabet(Google) 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.

Alphabet(Google)'s Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Alphabet(Google)'s adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1.542/134.9266*134.9266
=1.542

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Alphabet(Google) Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.332 100.684 0.445
201509 0.269 100.392 0.362
201512 0.323 99.792 0.437
201603 0.373 100.470 0.501
201606 0.501 101.688 0.665
201609 0.522 101.861 0.691
201612 0.452 101.863 0.599
201703 0.501 102.862 0.657
201706 0.325 103.349 0.424
201709 0.450 104.136 0.583
201712 0.423 104.011 0.549
201803 0.308 105.290 0.395
201806 0.331 106.317 0.420
201809 0.563 106.507 0.713
201812 0.421 105.998 0.536
201903 0.525 107.251 0.660
201906 0.464 108.070 0.579
201909 0.625 108.329 0.778
201912 0.602 108.420 0.749
202003 0.393 108.902 0.487
202006 0.626 108.767 0.777
202009 0.845 109.815 1.038
202012 1.259 109.897 1.546
202103 0.978 111.754 1.181
202106 1.206 114.631 1.420
202109 1.384 115.734 1.614
202112 1.379 117.630 1.582
202203 1.147 121.301 1.276
202206 0.888 125.017 0.958
202209 1.225 125.227 1.320
202212 1.241 125.222 1.337
202303 1.256 127.348 1.331
202306 1.706 128.729 1.788
202309 1.780 129.860 1.849
202312 0.626 129.419 0.653
202403 1.257 131.776 1.287
202406 1.077 132.554 1.096
202409 1.420 133.029 1.440
202412 2.011 133.157 2.038
202503 1.542 134.927 1.542

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.


Alphabet(Google)  (NAS:GOOGL) 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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Alphabet(Google) Business Description

Address
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94043
Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV, YouTube Music among others), platforms (sales and in-app purchases on Play Store), and devices (Chromebooks, Pixel smartphones, and smart home products such as Chromecast). Google's cloud computing platform, or GCP, accounts for roughly 10% of Alphabet's revenue with the firm's investments in up-and-coming technologies such as self-driving cars (Waymo), health (Verily), and internet access (Google Fiber) making up the rest.
Executives
Sundar Pichai officer: CEO, Google Inc. GOOGLE INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
John L Hennessy director
Amie Thuener O'toole officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O ALPHABET INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Frances Arnold director 5200 ILLUMINA WAY, SAN DIEGO CA 92122
John Kent Walker officer: SVP, Global Affairs and CLO 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PRKW, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Ruth Porat officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O GOOGLE INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PRKW, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Kavitark Ram Shriram director 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Prabhakar Raghavan officer: Senior Vice President C/O ALPHABET INC.,, 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
R. Martin Chavez director C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Philipp Schindler officer: SVP, Chief Business Officer C/O ALPHABET INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94568
Robin L Washington director 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
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James Grier Campbell officer: VP, Alphabet Corp. Controller 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
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