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Linde (WBO:LINI) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 6.70 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Linde Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-26), Linde's current share price is €401.60. Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €59.98. Linde's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 6.70.

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

WBO:LINI' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.92   Med: 6.8   Max: 8.27
Current: 6.7

During the past years, Linde's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 8.27. The lowest was 4.92. And the median was 6.80.

WBO:LINI's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
90.85% of 1104 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.68 vs WBO:LINI: 6.70

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.

Linde's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €74.318. 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 €59.98 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Linde Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Linde 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 6.92 7.02 7.41 5.90 6.56

Linde 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 6.17 6.39 6.06 6.56 7.14

Competitive Comparison of Linde's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Linde'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.


Linde's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



Linde 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=401.60/59.98
=6.70

* 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.

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

For example, Linde'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)
=74.318/131.7762*131.7762
=74.318

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Linde Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 17.418 100.560 22.825
201409 17.450 100.428 22.897
201412 15.765 99.070 20.970
201503 16.082 99.621 21.273
201506 15.439 100.684 20.207
201509 13.338 100.392 17.508
201512 14.143 99.792 18.676
201603 15.387 100.470 20.181
201606 16.038 101.688 20.783
201609 16.375 101.861 21.184
201612 16.707 101.863 21.613
201703 18.116 102.862 23.208
201706 18.069 103.349 23.039
201709 18.333 104.136 23.199
201712 17.732 104.011 22.465
201803 17.971 105.290 22.492
201806 17.940 106.317 22.236
201809 18.554 106.507 22.956
201812 82.875 105.998 103.030
201903 83.302 107.251 102.351
201906 82.662 108.070 100.795
201909 82.642 108.329 100.529
201912 82.650 108.420 100.455
202003 77.161 108.902 93.369
202006 76.970 108.767 93.252
202009 74.692 109.815 89.629
202012 74.326 109.897 89.124
202103 74.617 111.754 87.985
202106 73.575 114.631 84.579
202109 73.503 115.734 83.691
202112 76.612 117.630 85.826
202203 77.512 121.301 84.206
202206 75.309 125.017 79.381
202209 76.873 125.227 80.894
202212 76.730 125.222 80.746
202303 76.149 127.348 78.797
202306 75.496 128.729 77.283
202309 75.166 129.860 76.275
202312 75.497 129.419 76.872
202403 74.318 131.776 74.318

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.


Linde  (WBO:LINI) 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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Linde (WBO:LINI) Business Description

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10 Riverview Drive, Danbury, CT, USA, 06810
Linde is the largest industrial gas supplier in the world, with operations in over 100 countries. The firm's main products are atmospheric gases (including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon) and process gases (including hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and helium), as well as equipment used in industrial gas production. Linde serves a wide variety of end markets, including chemicals, manufacturing, healthcare, and steelmaking. Linde generated approximately $33 billion in revenue and $5.4 billion in GAAP operating profit in 2022.

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