As of today (2024-05-13), Legg Mason's current share price is $49.99. Legg Mason's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $1.38. Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 36.22.
The historical rank and industry rank for Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
LM'
s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.74 Med: 29.45 Max: 71.33
Current: 36.42
During the past years, Legg Mason's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 71.33. The lowest was 11.74. And the median was 29.45.
LM's Shiller PE Ratio is not ranked
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 13.035
vs LM: 36.42
E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.
Legg Mason's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was $0.540. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $1.38 for the trailing ten years ended in Jun. 2020.
Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation
Legg Mason Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Legg Mason's Shiller PE 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.
Competitive Comparison of Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio
For the Asset Management subindustry, Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE 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.
Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.
Legg Mason Shiller PE Ratio Calculation
For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.
The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.
Legg Mason's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as
* 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.
Legg Mason's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as:
For example, Legg Mason's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was:
Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.
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.
Legg Mason (NYSE:LM) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation
Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.
If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.
Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.
Be Aware
Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.
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Legg Mason provides investment management services for institutional and individual investors. The firm had $783.4 billion in managed assets at the end of June, spread among its equity (25% of total AUM), fixed-income (57%), alternatives (9%), and money market (9%) investment platforms. Legg Mason uses a multiaffiliate business model, with its single- largest affiliate, Western Asset Management, accounting for more than 60% of managed assets. Other major affiliates include ClearBridge Investments (more than 15% of AUM), Brandywine (less than 10%), and Clarion Partners (less than 10%). The remaining affiliates--Martin Currie, Royce & Associates, EnTrustPermal, QS Investors, and RARE Infrastructure--each account for 2% or less of Legg Mason's managed assets.
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