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ALLY (Ally Financial) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.54 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is Ally Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-05), Ally Financial's current share price is $41.21. Ally Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $2.35. Ally Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.54.

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

ALLY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.47   Med: 12.22   Max: 102.87
Current: 17.51

During the past years, Ally Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 102.87. The lowest was 4.47. And the median was 12.22.

ALLY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
68.75% of 112 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 8.55 vs ALLY: 17.51

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.

Ally Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.392. 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 $2.35 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Ally Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Ally Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Ally Financial Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Ally Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Credit Services subindustry, Ally Financial'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.


Ally Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

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

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


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Ally Financial 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=41.21/2.35
=17.54

* 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.

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

For example, Ally Financial'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)
=0.392/134.9266*134.9266
=0.392

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Ally Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.232 100.684 1.651
201509 2.378 100.392 3.196
201512 -0.250 99.792 -0.338
201603 1.034 100.470 1.389
201606 0.953 101.688 1.265
201609 0.548 101.861 0.726
201612 0.135 101.863 0.179
201703 0.604 102.862 0.792
201706 -0.386 103.349 -0.504
201709 0.940 104.136 1.218
201712 -1.128 104.011 -1.463
201803 0.292 105.290 0.374
201806 -0.522 106.317 -0.662
201809 1.062 106.507 1.345
201812 0.212 105.998 0.270
201903 0.712 107.251 0.896
201906 -0.535 108.070 -0.668
201909 0.308 108.329 0.384
201912 -0.441 108.420 -0.549
202003 -0.862 108.902 -1.068
202006 -1.232 108.767 -1.528
202009 0.438 109.815 0.538
202012 0.108 109.897 0.133
202103 -0.262 111.754 -0.316
202106 -3.498 114.631 -4.117
202109 0.707 115.734 0.824
202112 0.201 117.630 0.231
202203 2.057 121.301 2.288
202206 3.018 125.017 3.257
202209 1.809 125.227 1.949
202212 1.588 125.222 1.711
202303 2.277 127.348 2.413
202306 2.718 128.729 2.849
202309 3.229 129.860 3.355
202312 -2.308 129.419 -2.406
202403 1.806 131.776 1.849
202406 2.420 132.554 2.463
202409 0.186 133.029 0.189
202412 -0.954 133.157 -0.967
202503 0.392 134.927 0.392

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.


Ally Financial  (NYSE:ALLY) 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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Ally Financial Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 Woodward Avenue, Floor 10, Ally Detroit Center, Detroit, MI, USA, 48226
Formerly the captive financial arm of General Motors, Ally Financial became an independent publicly traded firm in 2014 and is one of the largest consumer auto lenders in the country. While the firm has expanded its product offerings over time, it remains primarily focused on auto lending, with more than 70% of its loan book in consumer auto loans and dealer financing. Ally also offers auto insurance, commercial loans, credit cards, and holds a portfolio of mortgage debt, giving the bank a diversified business model, which includes brokerage services.
Executives
Russell E. Hutchinson officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ALLY FINANCIAL INC., 500 WOODWARD AVE., 10TH FLOOR, DETROIT MI 48226
David J Debrunner officer: VP, CAO, Controller
Thomas P Gibbons director THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION, 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Marjorie Magner director GANNETT CO., INC., 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22107
Bradley J. Brown officer: Interim CFO C/O ALLY FINANCIAL INC., 500 WOODWARD AVE., 10TH FLOOR, DETROIT MI 48226
Melissa Goldman director C/O ALLY FINANCIAL INC, 500 WOODWARD AVE, 10TH FLOOR, DETROIT MI 48226
David Reilly director C/O ALLY FINANCIAL INC., 500 WOODWARD AVE, 10TH FLOOR, DETROIT MI 48226
Jason E. Schugel officer: Chief Risk Officer ALLY DETROIT CENTER, 500 WOODWARD AVENUE, DETROIT MI 48226
Douglas R. Timmerman officer: President, Auto Finance ALLY DETROIT CENTER, 500 WOODWARD AVENUE, DETROIT MI 48226
Diane E. Morais officer: CEO & President, Ally Bank ALLY FINANCIAL INC., 440 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Scott A Stengel officer: General Counsel 1010 GRAND BLVD, KANSAS CITY MO 64106
Jeffrey Jonathan Brown officer: Sr Executive Vice President C/O ALLY FINANCIAL INC., 200 RENAISSANCE CENTER, DETROIT MI 48265
Jennifer A. Laclair officer: Chief Financial Officer ALLY DETROIT CENTER, 500 WOODWARD AVENUE, DETROIT MI 48226
Mayree C Clark director C/O ALLY FINANCIAL INC., 200 RENAISSANCE CENTER, DETROIT MI 48265
Hobbs Franklin W Iv director 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4600, DENVER CO 80202