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Immersion (Immersion) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.98 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Immersion Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-30), Immersion's current share price is $7.14. Immersion's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.60. Immersion's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.98.

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

IMMR' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.54   Med: 3.19   Max: 9.66
Current: 2.02

During the past years, Immersion's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 9.66. The lowest was 1.54. And the median was 3.19.

IMMR's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
58.81% of 1299 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.56 vs IMMR: 2.02

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.

Immersion's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.807. 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 $3.60 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Immersion Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Immersion 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 3.01 4.54 2.03 2.18 1.96

Immersion Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.18 2.66 2.05 1.86 1.96

Competitive Comparison of Immersion's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Immersion'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.


Immersion's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Immersion's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Immersion 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=7.14/3.6
=1.98

* 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.

Immersion's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Immersion's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=5.807/129.4194*129.4194
=5.807

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Immersion Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 2.735 99.695 3.550
201406 2.796 100.560 3.598
201409 2.761 100.428 3.558
201412 2.764 99.070 3.611
201503 2.804 99.621 3.643
201506 2.913 100.684 3.744
201509 2.984 100.392 3.847
201512 3.057 99.792 3.965
201603 3.054 100.470 3.934
201606 2.904 101.688 3.696
201609 3.182 101.861 4.043
201612 1.914 101.863 2.432
201703 1.289 102.862 1.622
201706 0.819 103.349 1.026
201709 0.679 104.136 0.844
201712 0.330 104.011 0.411
201803 3.468 105.290 4.263
201806 3.314 106.317 4.034
201809 3.260 106.507 3.961
201812 3.233 105.998 3.947
201903 2.882 107.251 3.478
201906 2.644 108.070 3.166
201909 2.655 108.329 3.172
201912 2.666 108.420 3.182
202003 2.289 108.902 2.720
202006 1.851 108.767 2.202
202009 2.007 109.815 2.365
202012 2.368 109.897 2.789
202103 3.410 111.754 3.949
202106 3.591 114.631 4.054
202109 3.960 115.734 4.428
202112 4.109 117.630 4.521
202203 4.269 121.301 4.555
202206 4.175 125.017 4.322
202209 4.397 125.227 4.544
202212 4.890 125.222 5.054
202303 5.083 127.348 5.166
202306 5.271 128.729 5.299
202309 5.326 129.860 5.308
202312 5.807 129.419 5.807

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.


Immersion  (NAS:IMMR) 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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Immersion (Immersion) Business Description

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2999 N.E. 191st Street, Suite 610, Aventura, FL, USA, 33180
Immersion Corp is focused on the creation, design, development, and licensing of innovative haptic technologies that allow people to use its sense of touch more fully as they engage with products and experience the digital world. The company's software focuses on applications in mobile devices, wearables, consumer, and gaming devices markets. It generates revenue from royalty and license fees, and development contract and service fees. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Korea.
Executives
Aaron Akerman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
J Michael Dodson officer: Chief Financial Officer 1220 N. SIMON CIRCLE, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Emily Hoffman director 2999 N.E. 191ST STREET, SUITE 610, AVENTURA FL 33180
Francis Jose officer: General Counsel 385 RIVER OAKS PARKWAY, APT # 2106, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Eric Singer 10 percent owner 323 SUNNY ISLES BLVD., SUITE 700, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
William C Martin officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O RAGING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, TEN PRINCETON AVENUE, PO BOX 228, ROCKY HILL NJ 08553
Childress Frederick Wasch director 330 TOWNSEND STREET, SUITE 234, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Elias Nader director 1778 MCCARTHY BLVD., C/O SIGMA DESIGNS, INC., MILPITAS CA 95035
Sumit Agarwal director C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Mary Dotz director 280 N BERNARDO AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Jared Smith officer: Interim CEO/VP Worldwide Sales C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Viex Special Opportunities Fund Ii, Lp 10 percent owner C/O VIEX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC, 825 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael Rudolf Okada officer: General Counsel C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Viex Opportunities Fund, Lp Series One 10 percent owner C/O VIEX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC, 825 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sharon E Holt director C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134

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