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CI (The Cigna Group) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 13.15 (As of Jul. 06, 2025)


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What is The Cigna Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-06), The Cigna Group's current share price is $319.75. The Cigna Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $24.31. The Cigna Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 13.15.

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

CI' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.76   Med: 18.42   Max: 37.34
Current: 13.16

During the past years, The Cigna Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 37.34. The lowest was 11.76. And the median was 18.42.

CI's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
66.67% of 12 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 11.77 vs CI: 13.16

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.

The Cigna Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $5.881. 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 $24.31 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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The Cigna Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Cigna Group'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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The Cigna Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The Cigna Group 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 17.10 15.96 19.69 14.42 11.64

The Cigna Group 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 16.11 14.72 15.58 11.64 13.54

Competitive Comparison of The Cigna Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, The Cigna Group'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.


The Cigna Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, The Cigna Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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The Cigna Group 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.

The Cigna Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=319.75/24.31
=13.15

* 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.

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

For example, The Cigna Group'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)
=5.881/134.9266*134.9266
=5.881

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

The Cigna Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.211 100.684 1.623
201509 1.931 100.392 2.595
201512 3.773 99.792 5.101
201603 3.118 100.470 4.187
201606 0.786 101.688 1.043
201609 6.945 101.861 9.199
201612 2.878 101.863 3.812
201703 5.728 102.862 7.514
201706 2.338 103.349 3.052
201709 4.297 104.136 5.568
201712 1.782 104.011 2.312
201803 7.820 105.290 10.021
201806 3.584 106.317 4.548
201809 2.053 106.507 2.601
201812 -0.216 105.998 -0.275
201903 7.902 107.251 9.941
201906 1.947 108.070 2.431
201909 5.917 108.329 7.370
201912 6.414 108.420 7.982
202003 4.373 108.902 5.418
202006 8.215 108.767 10.191
202009 1.751 109.815 2.151
202012 11.009 109.897 13.516
202103 2.418 111.754 2.919
202106 -1.508 114.631 -1.775
202109 5.240 115.734 6.109
202112 12.051 117.630 13.823
202203 5.422 121.301 6.031
202206 2.920 125.017 3.151
202209 9.577 125.227 10.319
202212 5.745 125.222 6.190
202303 15.452 127.348 16.372
202306 7.057 128.729 7.397
202309 8.155 129.860 8.473
202312 3.741 129.419 3.900
202403 15.848 131.776 16.227
202406 -0.370 132.554 -0.377
202409 -1.254 133.029 -1.272
202412 17.552 133.157 17.785
202503 5.881 134.927 5.881

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.


The Cigna Group  (NYSE:CI) 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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The Cigna Group Business Description

Industry
Address
900 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT, USA, 06002
Cigna primarily provides pharmacy benefit management and health insurance services. Its PBM and specialty pharmacy services, which were greatly expanded by its 2018 merger with Express Scripts, are mostly sold to health insurance plans and employers. Its largest PBM contract is with the Department of Defense (current contract through 2029), and it recently won a multiyear deal with top-tier insurer Centene. In health insurance and other benefits, Cigna primarily serves employers through self-funding arrangements, and the company operates mostly in the US with 17 million US and 2 million international medical members covered as of December 2024.
Executives
Elder Granger director 5176 S. LEWISTON WAY, CENTENNIAL CO 80015
Noelle K Eder officer: EVP, CIO 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
David Cordani director, officer: President & CEO THE CIGNA GROUP, 900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Nicole S Jones officer: EVP, General Counsel 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL18Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Delaney William J Iii director 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77077
Michael W Triplett officer: President, US Markets 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Brian C Evanko officer: President Government Business 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Agoglia Hoeltzel Mary T officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, TWO LIBERTY PLACE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Eric P Palmer officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Cynthia Ryan officer: EVP, CHRO 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Z, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Everett Neville officer: EVP, Strategy and Business Dev ONE EXPRESS WAY, ST. LOUIS MO 63121
Paul A Sanford officer: EVP Operations 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Z, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Phillip Ozuah director 30 HUDSON STREET, FLOOR 33, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Donna F Zarcone director C/O HARLEY DAVIDSON, 3700 W. JUNEAU AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Jason D Sadler officer: Pres., International Markets 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192