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Amdocs (Amdocs) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.79 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Amdocs Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Amdocs's current share price is $84.98. Amdocs's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $30.47. Amdocs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.79.

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

DOX' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.01   Med: 3.01   Max: 3.49
Current: 2.79

During the past years, Amdocs's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.49. The lowest was 2.01. And the median was 3.01.

DOX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
53.8% of 1288 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.495 vs DOX: 2.79

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.

Amdocs's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $30.555. 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 $30.47 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Amdocs Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Amdocs Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.87 2.38 2.89 2.74 2.77

Amdocs 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 3.12 3.23 3.28 2.77 2.88

Competitive Comparison of Amdocs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Amdocs'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.


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

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

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



Amdocs 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=84.98/30.47
=2.79

* 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.

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

For example, Amdocs'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)
=30.555/129.4194*129.4194
=30.555

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Amdocs Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 21.313 99.695 27.668
201406 21.631 100.560 27.839
201409 21.670 100.428 27.926
201412 22.006 99.070 28.747
201503 22.335 99.621 29.016
201506 22.882 100.684 29.413
201509 22.539 100.392 29.056
201512 22.789 99.792 29.555
201603 23.203 100.470 29.889
201606 23.224 101.688 29.557
201609 23.472 101.861 29.822
201612 23.658 101.863 30.058
201703 24.260 102.862 30.524
201706 24.641 103.349 30.857
201709 24.753 104.136 30.763
201712 25.029 104.011 31.143
201803 24.998 105.290 30.727
201806 24.884 106.317 30.291
201809 24.604 106.507 29.897
201812 24.833 105.998 30.320
201903 25.162 107.251 30.363
201906 25.648 108.070 30.715
201909 25.969 108.329 31.025
201912 26.299 108.420 31.393
202003 26.489 108.902 31.480
202006 27.099 108.767 32.244
202009 27.541 109.815 32.458
202012 29.245 109.897 34.440
202103 28.234 111.754 32.697
202106 28.682 114.631 32.382
202109 28.772 115.734 32.174
202112 28.652 117.630 31.524
202203 28.994 121.301 30.935
202206 28.949 125.017 29.968
202209 29.110 125.227 30.085
202212 29.416 125.222 30.402
202303 29.824 127.348 30.309
202306 30.316 128.729 30.479
202309 30.028 129.860 29.926
202312 30.555 129.419 30.555

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.


Amdocs  (NAS:DOX) 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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Amdocs (Amdocs) Business Description

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Amdocs Ltd is a provider of software and services to communications, cable and satellite, entertainment, and media industry service providers. The Company and its subsidiaries operate in one operating segment, providing software products and services for the communications, entertainment and media industry service being designed, develop, market, support, implement, and operate its open and modular cloud offering. The company offers business support systems, operational support systems, and managed services. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from North America and also has a presence in Europe and the Rest of the world.