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ALS (CPBLF) Shiller PE Ratio : 77.36 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is ALS Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), ALS's current share price is $8.51. ALS's E10 for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was $0.11. ALS's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 77.36.

The historical rank and industry rank for ALS's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CPBLF' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.03   Med: 33.98   Max: 80.76
Current: 75

During the past 13 years, ALS's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 80.76. The lowest was 11.03. And the median was 33.98.

CPBLF's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
91.57% of 510 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 19.145 vs CPBLF: 75.00

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.

ALS's adjusted earnings per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was $0.400. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $0.11 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar23.

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


ALS Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for ALS'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.

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ALS Shiller PE Ratio Chart

ALS Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 35.75 25.97 46.79 74.06 71.09

ALS Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Shiller PE 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 - 74.06 - 71.09 -

Competitive Comparison of ALS's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Consulting Services subindustry, ALS'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.


ALS's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, ALS's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ALS's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



ALS 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.

ALS's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=8.51/0.11
=77.36

* 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.

ALS's E10 for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 is calculated as:

For example, ALS's adjusted earnings per share data for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Mar23 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar23)
=0.4/123.1484*123.1484
=0.400

Current CPI (Mar23) = 123.1484.

ALS Annual Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201403 0.348 97.887 0.438
201503 -0.312 99.187 -0.387
201603 -0.394 100.488 -0.483
201703 0.123 102.624 0.148
201803 0.080 104.574 0.094
201903 0.223 105.967 0.259
202003 0.164 108.289 0.187
202103 0.275 109.496 0.309
202203 0.290 115.069 0.310
202303 0.400 123.148 0.400

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.


ALS  (OTCPK:CPBLF) 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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ALS (CPBLF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
299 Coronation Drive, Level 2, Milton, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4064
Founded in the 1880s and listing on the ASX in 1952, ALS operates three divisions: commodities, life sciences, and industrial. ALS commodities traditionally generated the majority of underlying earnings, providing geochemistry, metallurgy, inspection and mine site services for the global mining industry. Expansion into environmental, pharmaceutical and food testing areas and commodity price weakness have lessened earnings exposure to commodities.

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