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CW (Curtiss-Wright) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 8.20 (As of May. 22, 2025)


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What is Curtiss-Wright Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-22), Curtiss-Wright's current share price is $415.43. Curtiss-Wright's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $50.69. Curtiss-Wright's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 8.20.

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

CW' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.36   Med: 3.62   Max: 8.27
Current: 8.27

During the past years, Curtiss-Wright's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 8.27. The lowest was 2.36. And the median was 3.62.

CW's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
80.69% of 202 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.835 vs CW: 8.27

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.

Curtiss-Wright's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $67.835. 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 $50.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Curtiss-Wright Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Curtiss-Wright'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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Curtiss-Wright Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Curtiss-Wright 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 3.33 3.57 3.91 4.85 7.19

Curtiss-Wright Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 5.42 5.65 6.75 7.19 6.26

Competitive Comparison of Curtiss-Wright's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Curtiss-Wright'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.


Curtiss-Wright's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Curtiss-Wright's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Curtiss-Wright 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.

Curtiss-Wright's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=415.43/50.69
=8.20

* 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.

Curtiss-Wright's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Curtiss-Wright's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=67.835/134.9266*134.9266
=67.835

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Curtiss-Wright Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 30.018 100.684 40.227
201509 28.872 100.392 38.804
201512 28.135 99.792 38.041
201603 28.850 100.470 38.744
201606 28.685 101.688 38.061
201609 29.100 101.861 38.546
201612 29.225 101.863 38.711
201703 29.905 102.862 39.227
201706 31.564 103.349 41.208
201709 33.413 104.136 43.293
201712 34.625 104.011 44.917
201803 35.695 105.290 45.743
201806 35.836 106.317 45.479
201809 37.024 106.507 46.903
201812 35.789 105.998 45.556
201903 37.045 107.251 46.604
201906 38.681 108.070 48.294
201909 39.850 108.329 49.634
201912 41.574 108.420 51.738
202003 40.051 108.902 49.622
202006 41.220 108.767 51.134
202009 43.358 109.815 53.273
202012 43.689 109.897 53.639
202103 44.896 111.754 54.205
202106 46.357 114.631 54.564
202109 46.945 115.734 54.730
202112 47.478 117.630 54.460
202203 48.072 121.301 53.472
202206 48.659 125.017 52.516
202209 49.153 125.227 52.960
202212 51.783 125.222 55.796
202303 53.544 127.348 56.731
202306 55.841 128.729 58.530
202309 57.109 129.860 59.337
202312 60.948 129.419 63.542
202403 62.120 131.776 63.605
202406 64.205 132.554 65.354
202409 65.606 133.029 66.542
202412 65.066 133.157 65.931
202503 67.835 134.927 67.835

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.


Curtiss-Wright  (NYSE:CW) 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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Curtiss-Wright Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
130 Harbour Place Drive, Suite 300, Davidson, NC, USA, 28036
Curtiss-Wright Corporation delivers engineered products and services to commercial, defence, power generation, and other industrial markets. It offers industrial vehicle components, control systems, weapons handling systems, pumps, valves, and other solutions. The company has three reportable segments based on the markets serviced: Naval & Power, which provides coolant pumps, power-dense compact motors, generators, secondary propulsion systems, pumps, pump seals, valves, control rod drive mechanisms, and fastening systems that also generate maximum revenue for the company; Its others segments are Aerospace & Industrial and Defense Electronics. Geographically, the company generates its key revenue from the United States of America, followed by the United Kingdom and other countries.
Executives
Gary A Ogilby officer: VP & Corporate Controller C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 130 HARBOUR PLACE DRIVE, DAVIDSON NC 28036
K Christopher Farkas officer: Corporate Controller C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Paul J Ferdenzi officer: Vice President - HR 10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
John C Watts officer: Vice President Bus Dev & Strat C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 130 HARBOUR PLACE DRIVE, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Lynn J Bamford director, officer: President and CEO 130 HARBOUR PLACE DRIVE, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Robert J Freda officer: Vice President and Treasurer C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 130 HARBOUR PLACE DRIVE, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Kevin Rayment officer: Vice President and COO C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 130 HARBOUR PLACE DRIVE, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Glenda J Minor director 17000 ROTUNDA DRIVE, DEARBORN MI 48120
S Marce Fuller director MIRANT CORPORATION, 1155 PERIMETER CENTER WEST, ATLANTA GA 30338
David Charles Adams officer: Vice President C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 4 BECKER FARM ROAD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Larry D Wyche director C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 130 HARBOUR PLACE DRIVE, DAVIDSON NC 28036
William F Moran director C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 130 HARBOUR PLACE DRIVE, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Anthony J Moraco director 1710 SAIC DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Tom P Quinly officer: Vice President C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Harry Jakubowitz officer: Treasurer C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, 4 BECKER FARM ROAD, ROSELAND NJ 07068