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CSIQ (Canadian Solar) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.38 (As of May. 13, 2025)


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What is Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-13), Canadian Solar's current share price is $10.59. Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $27.62. Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.38.

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

CSIQ' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27   Med: 1.44   Max: 4.28
Current: 0.35

During the past years, Canadian Solar's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.28. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 1.44.

CSIQ's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
92.44% of 701 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.96 vs CSIQ: 0.35

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.

Canadian Solar's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $42.051. 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 $27.62 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2024.

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Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian Solar'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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Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Canadian Solar Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.19 1.73 1.47 1.07 0.40

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 1.07 0.78 0.56 0.62 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Solar subindustry, Canadian Solar'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.


Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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


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Canadian Solar 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.

Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=10.59/27.62
=0.38

* 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.

Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Canadian Solar's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2024)
=42.051/127.3637*127.3637
=42.051

Current CPI (Dec. 2024) = 127.3637.

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201503 13.300 99.789 16.975
201506 14.056 100.500 17.813
201509 13.683 100.421 17.354
201512 14.634 99.947 18.648
201603 15.503 101.054 19.539
201606 15.956 102.002 19.923
201609 15.989 101.765 20.011
201612 15.298 101.449 19.206
201703 15.300 102.634 18.987
201706 16.028 103.029 19.814
201709 16.506 103.345 20.342
201712 17.646 103.345 21.747
201803 18.852 105.004 22.866
201806 18.186 105.557 21.943
201809 19.613 105.636 23.647
201812 20.707 105.399 25.022
201903 20.750 106.979 24.704
201906 21.524 107.690 25.456
201909 22.350 107.611 26.452
201912 23.464 107.769 27.730
202003 24.592 107.927 29.021
202006 25.542 108.401 30.010
202009 25.095 108.164 29.549
202012 26.252 108.559 30.799
202103 26.226 110.298 30.284
202106 27.518 111.720 31.371
202109 26.760 112.905 30.187
202112 28.132 113.774 31.492
202203 28.343 117.646 30.684
202206 27.835 120.806 29.346
202209 27.671 120.648 29.211
202212 30.100 120.964 31.692
202303 31.674 122.702 32.877
202306 37.856 124.203 38.819
202309 37.697 125.230 38.339
202312 38.683 125.072 39.392
202403 38.233 126.258 38.568
202406 40.143 127.522 40.093
202409 42.909 127.285 42.936
202412 42.051 127.364 42.051

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.


Canadian Solar  (NAS:CSIQ) 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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Canadian Solar Business Description

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Address
545 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON, CAN, N1K 1E6
Canadian Solar Inc is a Canadian solar power company. It is an integrated provider of solar power products, services, and system solutions. The company engages in designing, developing, and manufacturing solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules, and other solar power products. It operates through two business segments CSI Solar and Recurrent Energy segment. The CSI Solar segment designs, develops, and manufactures solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules, and other solar power and battery storage products. Its Recurrent segment primarily comprises solar and battery storage project development and sale, O&M and asset management services for operational projects, sale of electricity, and investment in retained assets.