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Volvo AB (Volvo AB) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.02 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Volvo AB's current share price is $26.15. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $6.50. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.02.

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

VOLVF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.84   Med: 3.14   Max: 4.67
Current: 4.04

During the past years, Volvo AB's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.67. The lowest was 1.84. And the median was 3.14.

VOLVF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
86.88% of 160 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 1.785 vs VOLVF: 4.04

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.

Volvo AB's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $7.593. 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 $6.50 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Volvo AB'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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Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Volvo AB 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 3.34 3.85 3.84 3.04 3.74

Volvo AB 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 3.35 3.35 3.25 3.74 4.09

Competitive Comparison of Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Volvo AB'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.


Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Volvo AB 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.

Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=26.15/6.5
=4.02

* 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.

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

For example, Volvo AB'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)
=7.593/130.9575*130.9575
=7.593

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 130.9575.

Volvo AB Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 5.632 100.432 7.344
201409 5.494 100.161 7.183
201412 5.059 100.225 6.610
201503 4.639 99.950 6.078
201506 4.738 99.995 6.205
201509 4.726 100.228 6.175
201512 4.859 100.276 6.346
201603 5.117 100.751 6.651
201606 4.981 101.019 6.457
201609 5.014 101.138 6.492
201612 5.136 102.022 6.593
201703 5.598 102.022 7.186
201706 5.584 102.752 7.117
201709 6.206 103.279 7.869
201712 6.186 103.793 7.805
201803 6.830 103.962 8.604
201806 6.504 104.875 8.122
201809 6.701 105.679 8.304
201812 6.721 105.912 8.310
201903 7.229 105.886 8.941
201906 6.622 106.742 8.124
201909 6.833 107.214 8.346
201912 7.226 107.766 8.781
202003 7.324 106.563 9.001
202006 7.281 107.498 8.870
202009 7.866 107.635 9.570
202012 8.544 108.296 10.332
202103 9.310 108.360 11.252
202106 7.073 108.928 8.503
202109 7.365 110.338 8.741
202112 7.631 112.486 8.884
202203 7.944 114.825 9.060
202206 7.455 118.384 8.247
202209 7.437 122.296 7.964
202212 7.711 126.365 7.991
202303 8.221 127.042 8.474
202306 7.408 129.407 7.497
202309 7.716 130.224 7.759
202312 8.524 130.958 8.524
202403 7.593 130.958 7.593

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.


Volvo AB  (OTCPK:VOLVF) 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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Volvo AB (Volvo AB) Business Description

Address
Gropegardsgatan 2, Gothenburg, SWE, 417 15
Volvo AB drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase the customers' uptime and productivity.