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Kforce (Kforce) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 8.16 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Kforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Kforce's current share price is $64.13. Kforce's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.86. Kforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 8.16.

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

KFRC' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.11   Med: 5.23   Max: 12.01
Current: 8.16

During the past years, Kforce's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 12.01. The lowest was 2.11. And the median was 5.23.

KFRC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
92.72% of 646 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.53 vs KFRC: 8.16

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.

Kforce's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.149. 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 $7.86 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Kforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Kforce 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 6.57 6.84 11.20 7.46 8.60

Kforce 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 7.46 8.39 8.14 7.62 8.60

Competitive Comparison of Kforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Kforce'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.


Kforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Kforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kforce 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=64.13/7.86
=8.16

* 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.

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

For example, Kforce'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)
=8.149/129.4194*129.4194
=8.149

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Kforce Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 4.758 99.695 6.177
201406 4.494 100.560 5.784
201409 5.595 100.428 7.210
201412 4.739 99.070 6.191
201503 4.630 99.621 6.015
201506 4.729 100.684 6.079
201509 4.913 100.392 6.334
201512 4.912 99.792 6.370
201603 4.385 100.470 5.648
201606 4.723 101.688 6.011
201609 4.758 101.861 6.045
201612 4.543 101.863 5.772
201703 4.683 102.862 5.892
201706 5.055 103.349 6.330
201709 5.347 104.136 6.645
201712 5.100 104.011 6.346
201803 5.157 105.290 6.339
201806 5.755 106.317 7.006
201809 6.291 106.507 7.644
201812 6.466 105.998 7.895
201903 6.972 107.251 8.413
201906 8.744 108.070 10.471
201909 8.025 108.329 9.587
201912 7.296 108.420 8.709
202003 6.897 108.902 8.196
202006 6.949 108.767 8.268
202009 7.752 109.815 9.136
202012 8.115 109.897 9.557
202103 8.076 111.754 9.353
202106 8.587 114.631 9.695
202109 8.863 115.734 9.911
202112 8.761 117.630 9.639
202203 9.279 121.301 9.900
202206 9.925 125.017 10.275
202209 10.031 125.227 10.367
202212 8.889 125.222 9.187
202303 9.137 127.348 9.286
202306 9.327 128.729 9.377
202309 9.056 129.860 9.025
202312 8.149 129.419 8.149

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.


Kforce  (NAS:KFRC) 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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Kforce (Kforce) Business Description

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Address
1150 Assembly Drive, Suite 500, Tampa, FL, USA, 33607
Kforce Inc provides professional and technical specialty staffing services and solutions. The company operates two business segments: 1) technology segment where the company provides talent solutions with candidates skilled in areas including systems/applications architecture and development, data management and analytics, business and artificial intelligence, machine learning, project and program management, and network architecture and security. 2) FA segment where the company offers consultants in traditional finance and accounting roles such as finance, planning and analysis; business intelligence analysis; general accounting; transactional accounting business and cost analysis; and taxation and treasury. The majority of revenue is earned through the technology segment.
Executives
David M Kelly officer: Sr VP, Chief Financial Officer
N John Simmons director 33 NORTH PINE CIRCLE, BELLEAIR FL 33756
Elaine Rosen director
Andrew G Thomas officer: CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER 1001 E PALM AVE, TAMPA FL 33605
Joseph J Liberatore officer: President
David L Dunkel director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey B. Hackman officer: SVP Finance & Accounting 1001 EAST PALM AVENUE, TAMPA FL 33605
Ralph Struzziero director
Derrick Dewan Brooks director 1001 EAST PALM AVENUE, TAMPA FL 33605
Kye L. Mitchell officer: Chief Operations Officer 1001 EAST PALM AVENUE, TAMPA FL 33605
Mark F Furlong director 770 M WATER ST, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Michael R Blackman officer: Chief Corporate Dev. Officer
Ann E. Dunwoody director 600 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10016
Catherine Cloudman director 1001 E. PALM AVENUE, TAMPA FL 33605
Richard M Cocchiaro director, officer: Vice Chairman