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Spirent Communications (Spirent Communications) Shiller PE Ratio

: 31.05 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Spirent Communications's current share price is $9.625. Spirent Communications's E10 for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.31. Spirent Communications's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 31.05.

The historical rank and industry rank for Spirent Communications's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SPMYY' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.32   Med: 19.95   Max: 60.8
Current: 32.08

During the past 13 years, Spirent Communications's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 60.80. The lowest was 9.32. And the median was 19.95.

SPMYY's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked better than
50% of 896 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 30.41 vs SPMYY: 32.08

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

Spirent Communications's adjusted earnings per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.170. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $0.31 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Spirent Communications Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spirent Communications's Shiller PE Ratio 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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Spirent Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 46.51 47.34 47.21 41.97 19.37

Spirent Communications Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 47.21 - 41.97 - 19.37

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Spirent Communications's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio 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.


Spirent Communications Shiller PE Ratio Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Spirent Communications's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Spirent Communications's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



Spirent Communications Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Spirent Communications's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=9.625/0.31
=31.05

* 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.

Spirent Communications's E10 for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, Spirent Communications's adjusted earnings per share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=0.17/130.0000*130.0000
=0.170

Current CPI (Dec23) = 130.0000.

Spirent Communications Annual Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201412 0.134 99.900 0.174
201512 0.087 100.400 0.113
201612 -0.277 102.200 -0.352
201712 0.188 105.000 0.233
201812 0.362 107.100 0.439
201912 0.505 108.500 0.605
202012 0.548 109.400 0.651
202112 0.582 114.700 0.660
202212 0.654 125.300 0.679
202312 0.170 130.000 0.170

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

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.


Spirent Communications  (OTCPK:SPMYY) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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Spirent Communications (Spirent Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
108 High Street, Origin One, Crawley, West Sussex, GBR, RH10 1BD
Spirent Communications PLC provides communications technologies including networks, data centers, enterprise IT, mobile communications, connected vehicles or the Internet of Things. The company operates in Networks and Security and Lifecycle Service Assurance segments. The majority of the revenue is derived from the Networks and Security segment that comprises Cloud IP, Application Security and Positioning lines of business with the aim of addressing the needs of the lab test market for Ethernet, Virtual, Data Center, applications test and timing for critical infrastructure.