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Acuity Brands (STU:AQ8) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.85 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Acuity Brands Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-23), Acuity Brands's current share price is €244.00. Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €50.30. Acuity Brands's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.85.

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

STU:AQ8' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.24   Med: 4.83   Max: 12.89
Current: 4.79

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.

STU:AQ8's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
83.09% of 2076 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.85 vs STU:AQ8: 4.79

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 €64.488. 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 €50.30 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 4.57

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
=244.00/50.3
=4.85

* 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)
=64.488/130.9299*130.9299
=64.488

Current CPI (Feb. 2024) = 130.9299.

Acuity Brands Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201405 19.112 100.373 24.930
201408 20.386 100.352 26.598
201411 22.526 99.635 29.601
201502 25.534 99.032 33.759
201505 27.219 100.333 35.520
201508 28.202 100.548 36.724
201511 30.736 100.135 40.189
201602 30.955 100.040 40.513
201605 32.200 101.355 41.596
201608 33.852 101.617 43.617
201611 36.597 101.829 47.056
201702 38.663 102.779 49.253
201705 33.201 103.256 42.099
201708 33.692 103.587 42.585
201711 35.061 104.072 44.109
201802 32.509 105.052 40.517
201805 33.875 106.148 41.784
201808 37.177 106.383 45.755
201811 38.656 106.338 47.596
201902 40.015 106.649 49.125
201905 42.468 108.048 51.462
201908 43.725 108.245 52.889
201911 45.506 108.519 54.904
202002 47.436 109.139 56.907
202005 48.593 108.175 58.814
202008 46.247 109.662 55.216
202011 45.034 109.793 53.704
202102 44.715 110.968 52.759
202105 46.956 113.576 54.131
202108 49.381 115.421 56.016
202111 51.803 117.269 57.838
202202 53.312 119.703 58.312
202205 54.885 123.323 58.271
202208 58.083 124.958 60.859
202211 58.080 125.607 60.541
202302 56.999 126.928 58.796
202305 57.814 128.314 58.992
202308 59.523 129.538 60.163
202311 61.754 129.548 62.413
202402 64.488 130.930 64.488

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  (STU:AQ8) 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 (STU:AQ8) Business Description

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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.

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