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FMC (FRA:FMQ) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.46 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is FMC Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-25), FMC's current share price is €55.06. FMC's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €22.38. FMC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.46.

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

FRA:FMQ' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.2   Med: 5.81   Max: 8.19
Current: 2.54

During the past years, FMC's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 8.19. The lowest was 2.20. And the median was 5.81.

FRA:FMQ's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
72.09% of 172 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 1.46 vs FRA:FMQ: 2.54

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.

FMC's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €31.779. 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 €22.38 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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FMC Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for FMC'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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FMC Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

FMC Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.72 7.05 5.85 5.87 2.69

FMC Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 5.56 4.64 2.91 2.69 2.62

Competitive Comparison of FMC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, FMC'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.


FMC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, FMC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



FMC 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.

FMC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=55.06/22.38
=2.46

* 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.

FMC's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=31.779/131.7762*131.7762
=31.779

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

FMC Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 9.449 100.560 12.382
201409 10.034 100.428 13.166
201412 9.310 99.070 12.384
201503 9.929 99.621 13.134
201506 14.469 100.684 18.937
201509 14.094 100.392 18.500
201512 12.814 99.792 16.921
201603 13.161 100.470 17.262
201606 13.283 101.688 17.213
201609 13.876 101.861 17.951
201612 13.882 101.863 17.959
201703 13.099 102.862 16.781
201706 13.350 103.349 17.022
201709 13.250 104.136 16.767
201712 16.870 104.011 21.373
201803 18.007 105.290 22.537
201806 19.050 106.317 23.612
201809 19.388 106.507 23.988
201812 20.739 105.998 25.783
201903 18.559 107.251 22.803
201906 18.751 108.070 22.864
201909 18.559 108.329 22.576
201912 17.650 108.420 21.452
202003 18.704 108.902 22.633
202006 19.342 108.767 23.434
202009 19.266 109.815 23.119
202012 18.821 109.897 22.568
202103 19.610 111.754 23.123
202106 20.061 114.631 23.061
202109 20.329 115.734 23.147
202112 21.997 117.630 24.642
202203 22.056 121.301 23.961
202206 23.346 125.017 24.608
202209 25.563 125.227 26.900
202212 25.487 125.222 26.821
202303 25.925 127.348 26.827
202306 24.811 128.729 25.398
202309 24.716 129.860 25.081
202312 32.420 129.419 33.010
202403 31.779 131.776 31.779

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.


FMC  (FRA:FMQ) 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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FMC (FRA:FMQ) Business Description

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2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19104
FMC is a pure-play global crop protection company with a fairly balanced product portfolio across geographies and crop exposure. Through acquisitions, FMC is now one of the five largest patented crop protection companies and focuses on the development of new products, including biologicals, through its research and development pipeline.

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