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Clearfield (Clearfield) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.67 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-29), Clearfield's current share price is $29.90. Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.15. Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.67.

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

CLFD' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.38   Med: 6.44   Max: 22.17
Current: 3.62

During the past years, Clearfield's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 22.17. The lowest was 2.38. And the median was 6.44.

CLFD's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
80.26% of 1839 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs CLFD: 3.62

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.

Clearfield's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.087. 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 $8.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Clearfield Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.21 4.87 9.11 17.73 3.68

Clearfield Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 14.96 6.84 6.49 3.68 3.57

Competitive Comparison of Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Clearfield'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.


Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Clearfield 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=29.90/8.15
=3.67

* 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.

Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Clearfield's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=20.087/129.4194*129.4194
=20.087

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Clearfield Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 3.347 99.695 4.345
201406 3.399 100.560 4.374
201409 3.402 100.428 4.384
201412 3.495 99.070 4.566
201503 3.496 99.621 4.542
201506 3.665 100.684 4.711
201509 3.741 100.392 4.823
201512 3.876 99.792 5.027
201603 4.016 100.470 5.173
201606 4.211 101.688 5.359
201609 4.431 101.861 5.630
201612 4.540 101.863 5.768
201703 4.645 102.862 5.844
201706 4.617 103.349 5.782
201709 4.671 104.136 5.805
201712 4.780 104.011 5.948
201803 4.783 105.290 5.879
201806 4.893 106.317 5.956
201809 5.047 106.507 6.133
201812 5.165 105.998 6.306
201903 5.231 107.251 6.312
201906 5.345 108.070 6.401
201909 5.493 108.329 6.562
201912 5.553 108.420 6.629
202003 5.595 108.902 6.649
202006 5.836 108.767 6.944
202009 6.062 109.815 7.144
202012 6.273 109.897 7.387
202103 6.543 111.754 7.577
202106 7.022 114.631 7.928
202109 7.561 115.734 8.455
202112 8.318 117.630 9.152
202203 8.962 121.301 9.562
202206 9.927 125.017 10.277
202209 10.680 125.227 11.038
202212 19.311 125.222 19.958
202303 20.020 127.348 20.346
202306 20.438 128.729 20.548
202309 20.660 129.860 20.590
202312 20.087 129.419 20.087

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.


Clearfield  (NAS:CLFD) 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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Clearfield (Clearfield) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7050 Winnetka Avenue North, Suite 100, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA, 55428
Clearfield Inc mainly designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management and fiber delivery solutions for communications networks. It provides a range of products including copper assemblies, cassettes, box enclosures, fiber connectors, frames, microduct, terminals, vaults, pedestal inserts, FieldSmart, WaveSmart, and CraftSmart. The company has a global presence with the majority of the revenue derived from the United States. The company has two reportable segments namely Clearfield segment and Nestor cables segment. The majority of revenue is derived from Clearfield segment.
Executives
Carol Ann Wirsbinski director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., STE. 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Ronald G Roth director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Jones Walter Louis Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N,, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Roger G Harding director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N. SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Donald R. Hayward director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Daniel R Herzog other: Comptroller 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Cheri B Podzimek other: President of Subsidiary 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
John P Hill officer: Chief Operating Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Charles N Hayssen director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Patrick Goepel director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Clearfield, Inc. director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Zucherman Stephen L Md director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Reddan John G Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Bruce G. Blackey officer: Chief Financial Officer 5480 NATHAN LANE #120, PLYMOUTH MN 55442
Anil K Jain director 4 WEST BAY LANE, NORTH OAKS MN 55127