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Argan (AGX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 8.23 (As of May. 24, 2025)


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What is Argan Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-24), Argan's current share price is $203.26. Argan's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $24.71. Argan's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 8.23.

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

AGX' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.52   Med: 3.01   Max: 8.23
Current: 8.23

During the past years, Argan's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 8.23. The lowest was 1.52. And the median was 3.01.

AGX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
94.97% of 1233 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1.07 vs AGX: 8.23

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.

Argan's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $25.807. 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 $24.71 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Argan Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Argan Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.55 1.91 1.79 1.91 5.54

Argan Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
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 1.91 2.53 3.28 5.43 5.54

Competitive Comparison of Argan's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Argan'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.


Argan's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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


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Argan 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=203.26/24.71
=8.23

* 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.

Argan's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Argan's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=25.807/134.0288*134.0288
=25.807

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Argan Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201504 13.240 99.824 17.777
201507 14.215 100.691 18.922
201510 14.252 100.346 19.036
201601 14.729 99.957 19.750
201604 15.651 100.947 20.780
201607 17.033 101.524 22.487
201610 17.395 101.988 22.860
201701 18.866 102.456 24.680
201704 20.298 103.167 26.370
201707 22.206 103.278 28.818
201710 22.393 104.070 28.839
201801 23.001 104.578 29.479
201804 23.064 105.708 29.243
201807 23.880 106.324 30.102
201810 25.664 106.695 32.239
201901 25.335 106.200 31.974
201904 23.143 107.818 28.769
201907 23.000 108.250 28.477
201910 22.363 108.577 27.605
202001 21.698 108.841 26.719
202004 21.422 108.173 26.542
202007 20.575 109.318 25.226
202010 20.964 109.861 25.576
202101 20.421 110.364 24.800
202104 20.868 112.673 24.823
202107 21.485 115.183 25.000
202110 22.051 116.696 25.326
202201 21.392 118.619 24.171
202204 20.760 121.978 22.811
202207 20.011 125.002 21.456
202210 20.075 125.734 21.399
202301 20.897 126.223 22.189
202304 20.721 127.992 21.698
202307 21.345 128.974 22.182
202310 21.363 129.810 22.057
202401 21.969 130.124 22.628
202404 21.959 132.289 22.248
202407 22.823 132.708 23.050
202410 24.225 133.182 24.379
202501 25.807 134.029 25.807

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.


Argan  (NYSE:AGX) 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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Argan Business Description

Industry
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Address
4075 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 440, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203
Argan Inc is a United States-based construction firm that conducts operations through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, GPS, APC, TRC, and SMC. Through GPS and APC it provides a full range of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, maintenance, project development and technical consulting services to the power generation market, including the renewable energy sector, for a wide range of customers, including independent power project owners, public utilities, power plant heavy equipment suppliers and other commercial firms with power requirements in the U.S., Ireland and the U.K. It operates in three segments: Power Services, Industrial Services, and Telecom Services, out of which Power Services derives the majority of revenue.
Executives
Peter W Getsinger director 35 SNOW?S POINT, EDGARTOWN MA 02539
Cynthia Flanders director, officer: SVP & CFO 10006 WILDWOOD ROAD, KENSINGTON MD 20895
Rainer H Bosselmann director, officer: Chairman of the Board and CEO PUROFLOW INCORPORATED, ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 302, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Richard H Deily officer: Vice President C/O ARGAN, INC., ONE CHURCH STREET, SUITE 201, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
David Hibbert Watson officer: SVP and CFO C/O ARGAN, INC., ONE CHURCH STREET, SUITE 201, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Griffin William F Jr director, officer: VC/CEO of Gemma Power Systems C/O GEMMA POWER SYSTEMS, LLC, 769 HEBRON AVENUE, GLASTONBURY CT 06033
William F. Leimkuhler director 43 SALEM STRAITS RD, DARIEN CT 06820
James W Quinn director PUROFLOW INCORPORATED, ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 302, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Mano S Koilpillai director 7380 IRA SEARS ROAD, ADAMSTOWN MD 21710
Mitchell W G Champion director NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC., 3009 RIVER LANE, NEW BERN NC 28562
Jeffrey John Ronald Jr. director 55 GRANDVIEW CIRCLE, MANHASSET NY 11030
Trebilcock Terrance Colin officer: Co-President, Gemma Power Sys. 64 SADDLE RIDGE ROAD, GLASTONBURY CT 06033
Collins Charles Edwin Iv officer: Co-President, Gemma Power Sys. 68 HICKORY DRIVE, SOUTH GLASTONBURY CT 06073
James E Quinn director C/O TIFFANY & CO LEGAL DEPT, 727 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Henry A Crumpton director 2101 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 500, ARLINGTON VA 20005