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Gen Digital (XPRA:GEN) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.81 (As of May. 31, 2024)


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What is Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-31), Gen Digital's current share price is Kč565.00. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was Kč148.11. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.81.

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

XPRA:GEN' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.75   Med: 2.78   Max: 4.18
Current: 3.85

During the past years, Gen Digital's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.18. The lowest was 1.75. And the median was 2.78.

XPRA:GEN's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
64.78% of 1380 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.56 vs XPRA:GEN: 3.85

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.

Gen Digital's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was Kč82.056. 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 Kč148.11 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gen Digital'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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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Gen Digital Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.30 2.84 3.65 2.50 3.51

Gen Digital 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 2.50 2.74 2.66 3.54 3.51

Competitive Comparison of Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Gen Digital'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.


Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Gen Digital 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.

Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=565.00/148.11
=3.81

* 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.

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

For example, Gen Digital'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)
=82.056/131.7762*131.7762
=82.056

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Gen Digital Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 170.214 100.560 223.054
201409 182.796 100.428 239.856
201412 194.277 99.070 258.415
201503 219.256 99.621 290.026
201506 209.893 100.684 274.710
201509 209.167 100.392 274.557
201512 204.004 99.792 269.388
201603 146.348 100.470 191.949
201606 147.441 101.688 191.067
201609 149.319 101.861 193.172
201612 163.767 101.863 211.860
201703 145.050 102.862 185.823
201706 129.732 103.349 165.416
201709 124.856 104.136 157.996
201712 172.943 104.011 219.109
201803 165.955 105.290 207.703
201806 207.028 106.317 256.604
201809 206.728 106.507 255.776
201812 209.704 105.998 260.703
201903 206.894 107.251 254.206
201906 192.716 108.070 234.991
201909 230.616 108.329 280.530
201912 324.442 108.420 394.334
202003 0.408 108.902 0.494
202006 -20.179 108.767 -24.448
202009 -18.236 109.815 -21.883
202012 -18.129 109.897 -21.738
202103 -18.967 111.754 -22.365
202106 -18.068 114.631 -20.770
202109 -8.598 115.734 -9.790
202112 -3.761 117.630 -4.213
202203 -3.627 121.301 -3.940
202206 -12.253 125.017 -12.915
202209 63.741 125.227 67.075
202212 46.981 125.222 49.440
202303 76.049 127.348 78.694
202306 79.949 128.729 81.842
202309 85.984 129.860 87.253
202312 85.191 129.419 86.742
202403 82.056 131.776 82.056

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.


Gen Digital  (XPRA:GEN) 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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Gen Digital (XPRA:GEN) Business Description

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Gen is a cybersecurity pure-play that offers security, identity protection, and privacy solutions to individual consumers. The firm's cyber safety offerings, via brands such as Norton, Avast, and LifeLock, have long maintained their positions as some of the most recognizable consumer-focused security and identity-protection products.

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