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Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 3.63 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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

As of today (2025-07-05), Manulife Financial's current share price is C$42.79. Manulife Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$11.78. Manulife Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 3.63.

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

TSX:MFC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.77   Med: 3.1   Max: 5.04
Current: 3.63

During the past years, Manulife Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 5.04. The lowest was 1.77. And the median was 3.10.

TSX:MFC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
87.89% of 322 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 12.63 vs TSX:MFC: 3.63

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.

Manulife Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$3.868. 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 C$11.78 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Manulife Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Manulife Financial 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 2.82 2.71 2.51 2.81 3.88

Manulife Financial 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 3.17 3.31 3.58 3.88 3.81

Competitive Comparison of Manulife Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Manulife 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.


Manulife Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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


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Manulife 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=42.79/11.78
=3.63

* 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.

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

For example, Manulife 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)
=3.868/129.1809*129.1809
=3.868

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Manulife Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.718 100.500 2.208
201509 0.385 100.421 0.495
201512 2.083 99.947 2.692
201603 1.381 101.054 1.765
201606 2.149 102.002 2.722
201609 2.639 101.765 3.350
201612 2.438 101.449 3.104
201703 1.605 102.634 2.020
201706 2.455 103.029 3.078
201709 2.316 103.345 2.895
201712 2.582 103.345 3.228
201803 1.935 105.004 2.381
201806 2.494 105.557 3.052
201809 2.837 105.636 3.469
201812 2.386 105.399 2.924
201903 1.986 106.979 2.398
201906 2.749 107.690 3.298
201909 2.840 107.611 3.409
201912 2.897 107.769 3.473
202003 2.449 107.927 2.931
202006 2.121 108.401 2.528
202009 2.554 108.164 3.050
202012 3.192 108.559 3.798
202103 2.001 110.298 2.344
202106 2.928 111.720 3.386
202109 3.509 112.905 4.015
202112 3.462 113.774 3.931
202203 1.297 117.646 1.424
202206 2.451 120.806 2.621
202209 2.368 120.648 2.535
202212 2.594 120.964 2.770
202303 1.587 122.702 1.671
202306 3.139 124.203 3.265
202309 3.010 125.230 3.105
202312 3.395 125.072 3.507
202403 2.528 126.258 2.587
202406 4.043 127.522 4.096
202409 4.223 127.285 4.286
202412 4.068 127.364 4.126
202503 3.868 129.181 3.868

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.


Manulife Financial  (TSX:MFC) 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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Manulife Financial Business Description

Address
200 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON, CAN, M4W 1E5
Manulife Financial provides life insurance, annuities, and asset management products to individuals and group customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. Its investment management business contributes approximately 20% of its earnings and has around CAD 1.05 trillion in assets under management and administration as of the end of 2023. The US business, which primarily operates under the John Hancock brand, contributes about 27% of earnings and is mainly focused on providing insurance products for estate, business, and income protection. The Asia segment provides insurance products and insurance-based wealth accumulation products in over 11 countries and contributes around 30% of earnings. The Canadian business segment contributes approximately 23% of earnings.
Executives
Ka Ming (kenneth) Dai Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Trevor Kreel Senior Officer
Rahim Hirji Senior Officer
Brooks Tingle Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6), Senior Officer
Philip James Witherington Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6), Senior Officer
Stephanie Fadous Senior Officer
Naveed Irshad Senior Officer
Anthony Alex Silva Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Aimee Decamillo Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
John Richard Hatch Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Kenneth Michael Ross Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Paul Lorentz Senior Officer
James D. Gallagher Senior Officer
Steve Finch Senior Officer
Rocco Gori Director, Senior Officer