Balfour Beatty (CHIX:BBYL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Sep. 21, 2026)

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CHIX:BBYL Balfour Beatty PLC CHIX:BBYL
74 GF Score
Price £9.21
GF Value £6.41
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is Balfour Beatty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

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Balfour Beatty  (CHIX:BBYl) 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.


Balfour Beatty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms


Balfour Beatty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Balfour Beatty'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.

Balfour Beatty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Balfour Beatty Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.47 1.73 1.60 2.13 3.10

Balfour Beatty Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25 Jun26
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 1.73 2.13 2.36 3.12 3.69

CHIX:BBYL vs PWR, FIX, EME: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Balfour Beatty'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.


Balfour Beatty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Construction Industry

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

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


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Balfour Beatty 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.

Balfour Beatty's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec25 is calculated as:

For example, Balfour Beatty's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec25 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec25 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec25)
=2.364/139.9000*139.9000
=2.364

Current CPI (Dec25) = 139.9000.

Balfour Beatty Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201612 1.041 102.200 1.425
201712 1.484 105.000 1.977
201812 1.772 107.100 2.315
201912 1.981 108.500 2.554
202012 1.960 109.400 2.506
202112 1.998 114.700 2.437
202212 2.382 125.300 2.660
202312 2.252 130.500 2.414
202412 2.211 135.100 2.290
202512 2.364 139.900 2.364

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.

Is Balfour Beatty (CHIX:BBYL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Balfour Beatty stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of £9.21 is trading 43.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of £6.41. GuruFocus considers Balfour Beatty to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for CHIX:BBYL:

  • Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio:
  • GF Value™: £6.41 vs. price of £9.21 (43.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 74/100 with 6 warning signs

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Balfour Beatty Business Description

Address 5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, GBR, E14 5HU
Balfour Beatty PLC finances builds, and maintains infrastructure projects. It finances, develops, builds, maintains, and operates the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and delivers projects at the heart of local communities. It operates three business segments: Construction services (majority of total revenue), Support services, and Infrastructure investments. It will invest directly in infrastructure assets also invests in real estate-type assets, in particular private residential and student accommodation assets. The majority of sales are derived from the United Kingdom and the United States.
74GF Score

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