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Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.68 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Acuity Brands Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-29), Acuity Brands's current share price is $254.00. Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $54.33. Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.68.

The historical rank and industry rank for Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AYI' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.24   Med: 4.83   Max: 12.89
Current: 4.64

During the past years, Acuity Brands's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 12.89. The lowest was 2.24. And the median was 4.83.

AYI's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
83.5% of 2000 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.765 vs AYI: 4.64

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 PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Acuity Brands's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $69.566. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $54.33 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2024.

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Acuity Brands Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB 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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Acuity Brands Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Acuity Brands Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.96 3.08 4.56 3.46 3.07

Acuity Brands Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 3.89 2.94 3.07 3.35 4.62

Competitive Comparison of Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB 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.


Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Acuity Brands Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB 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 PB Ratio.

Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=254.00/54.33
=4.68

* 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.

Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Acuity Brands's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Feb. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2024)
=69.566/129.4194*129.4194
=69.566

Current CPI (Feb. 2024) = 129.4194.

Acuity Brands Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201405 26.252 100.373 33.849
201408 27.145 100.352 35.008
201411 28.087 99.635 36.483
201502 28.982 99.032 37.875
201505 30.413 100.333 39.230
201508 31.405 100.548 40.423
201511 32.979 100.135 42.624
201602 34.318 100.040 44.397
201605 36.425 101.355 46.511
201608 37.950 101.617 48.333
201611 39.479 101.829 50.176
201702 41.175 102.779 51.848
201705 36.686 103.256 45.982
201708 39.779 103.587 49.699
201711 41.152 104.072 51.175
201802 40.135 105.052 49.445
201805 40.042 106.148 48.821
201808 42.930 106.383 52.226
201811 43.927 106.338 53.462
201902 45.420 106.649 55.118
201905 47.503 108.048 56.899
201908 48.638 108.245 58.153
201911 50.283 108.519 59.967
202002 51.730 109.139 61.343
202005 52.991 108.175 63.398
202008 54.730 109.662 64.590
202011 53.232 109.793 62.747
202102 54.069 110.968 63.059
202105 57.055 113.576 65.014
202108 58.095 115.421 65.141
202111 59.136 117.269 65.263
202202 60.514 119.703 65.426
202205 58.018 123.323 60.886
202208 58.848 124.958 60.949
202211 59.205 125.607 61.002
202302 61.027 126.928 62.225
202305 62.842 128.314 63.383
202308 64.910 129.538 64.851
202311 66.833 129.548 66.767
202402 69.566 129.419 69.566

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book 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.


Acuity Brands  (NYSE:AYI) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value 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 PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1170 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2300, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30309
Acuity Brands Inc is the parent company of Acuity Brands Lighting and other subsidiaries, which provide lighting products for commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential applications. These products include luminaires, lighting controls, lighting components, and integrated lighting systems that use a combination of light sources. Customers include electrical distributors, electric utilities, retail home improvement centers, and lighting showrooms. A majority of the firms' revenue is generated in the United States.
Executives
Dianne B Mills officer: SVP & Chief HR Officer C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC., 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, STE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Barry R Goldman officer: SVP & General Counsel 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Laura O'shaughnessy director C/O VROOM, INC., 1375 BROADWAY, FLOOR 11, NEW YORK NY 10018
Karen J Holcom officer: Interim CFO 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2400, ATLANTA GA 30309
Michael J Bender director 3980 BAUGHMAN GRANT ROAD, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Marcia J Avedon director C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, 800-E BEATY STREET, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Mark Sachleben director C/O NEW RELIC, INC., 188 SPEAR STREET, STE. 1200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Peter C Browning director GMS INC., 100 CRESCENT CENTRE PARKWAY, SUITE 800, TUCKER GA 30084
Mary A Winston director 557 BROADWAY, C/O SCHOLASTIC CORP, NEW YORK NY 10012
Maya Leibman director 4333 AMON CARTER BLVD, FORT WORTH TX 76155
Neil Ashe director, officer: President & CEO C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC., 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, STE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Robert F Mccullough director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 300309
Ray M Robinson director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Dillard George Douglas Jr director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
W. Patrick Battle director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA X1 30309