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SFM (Sprouts Farmers Market) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 73.67 (As of May. 01, 2025)


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What is Sprouts Farmers Market Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-01), Sprouts Farmers Market's current share price is $171.66. Sprouts Farmers Market's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $2.33. Sprouts Farmers Market's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 73.67.

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

SFM' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.81   Med: 24.32   Max: 84.75
Current: 74.51

During the past years, Sprouts Farmers Market's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 84.75. The lowest was 17.81. And the median was 24.32.

SFM's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
92.42% of 132 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 15.725 vs SFM: 74.51

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.

Sprouts Farmers Market's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $2.403. 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 $2.33 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Sprouts Farmers Market Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sprouts Farmers Market'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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Sprouts Farmers Market Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Sprouts Farmers Market 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 - 24.92 22.14 28.68 60.81

Sprouts Farmers Market 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 35.37 45.26 54.36 60.81 65.58

Competitive Comparison of Sprouts Farmers Market's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Sprouts Farmers Market'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.


Sprouts Farmers Market's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sprouts Farmers Market's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Sprouts Farmers Market 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.

Sprouts Farmers Market's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=171.66/2.33
=73.67

* 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.

Sprouts Farmers Market's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Sprouts Farmers Market'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)
=2.403/134.9266*134.9266
=2.403

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Sprouts Farmers Market Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.077 100.684 0.103
201509 0.226 100.392 0.304
201512 0.174 99.792 0.235
201603 0.417 100.470 0.560
201606 -0.010 101.688 -0.013
201609 -0.063 101.861 -0.083
201612 0.138 101.863 0.183
201703 0.409 102.862 0.536
201706 0.034 103.349 0.044
201709 0.281 104.136 0.364
201712 0.077 104.011 0.100
201803 0.451 105.290 0.578
201806 0.053 106.317 0.067
201809 0.156 106.507 0.198
201812 0.237 105.998 0.302
201903 0.665 107.251 0.837
201906 0.619 108.070 0.773
201909 0.178 108.329 0.222
201912 -0.041 108.420 -0.051
202003 2.115 108.902 2.620
202006 0.675 108.767 0.837
202009 -0.121 109.815 -0.149
202012 0.487 109.897 0.598
202103 0.749 111.754 0.904
202106 0.416 114.631 0.490
202109 0.773 115.734 0.901
202112 0.318 117.630 0.365
202203 1.125 121.301 1.251
202206 0.274 125.017 0.296
202209 0.649 125.227 0.699
202212 0.199 125.222 0.214
202303 1.266 127.348 1.341
202306 0.612 128.729 0.641
202309 0.467 129.860 0.485
202312 -0.042 129.419 -0.044
202403 1.651 131.776 1.690
202406 0.335 132.554 0.341
202409 1.547 133.029 1.569
202412 0.556 133.157 0.563
202503 2.403 134.927 2.403

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.


Sprouts Farmers Market  (NAS:SFM) 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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Sprouts Farmers Market Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5455 East High Street, Suite 111, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85054
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc offers a specialty grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspire wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment products paired with purpose-driven people. The company continues to bring products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based, and gluten-free. It approximately has 407 stores in nearly 23 states. The Company has one operating segment that is healthy grocery stores.
Executives
Jack Sinclair director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 800 WEST 1ST STREET, APT. 2308, LOS ANGELES CA 90012
Timmi Zalatoris officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Nicholas Konat officer: President & COO 10850 VIA FRONTERA, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
James H Bahrenburg officer: Chief Technology Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Brandon F. Lombardi officer: Chief Legal Officer 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400, PHOENIX AZ 85028
Stacy W. Hilgendorf officer: VP, Controller 14624 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Douglas Gregory Rauch director 54 WILDE ROAD, WABAN MA 02468
David Mcglinchey officer: Chief Merchandising Officer 5455 E. HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
John Scott Neal officer: Chief Fresh Merchandising Off. 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Alisa Gmelich officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Kim Coffin officer: SVP, Chief Forager 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Joseph L Hurley officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Joe Fortunato director 300 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Joseph D O'leary director 19601 N 27TH AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85027
Terri F Graham director C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC, 9330 BALVOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123