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ELSE (Electro-Sensors) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.92 (As of May. 29, 2025)


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What is Electro-Sensors Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-29), Electro-Sensors's current share price is $4.15. Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $4.52. Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.92.

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

ELSE' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.71   Med: 1.04   Max: 1.71
Current: 0.92

During the past years, Electro-Sensors's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.71. The lowest was 0.71. And the median was 1.04.

ELSE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
69.46% of 1919 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.65 vs ELSE: 0.92

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.

Electro-Sensors's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $4.146. 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 $4.52 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Electro-Sensors Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electro-Sensors'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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Electro-Sensors Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Electro-Sensors 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 1.28 1.56 1.06 0.87 1.16

Electro-Sensors 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 0.94 0.88 0.89 1.16 0.97

Competitive Comparison of Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Electro-Sensors'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.


Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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


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Electro-Sensors 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.

Electro-Sensors's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=4.15/4.52
=0.92

* 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.

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

For example, Electro-Sensors'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)
=4.146/134.9266*134.9266
=4.146

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Electro-Sensors Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 3.487 100.684 4.673
201509 3.549 100.392 4.770
201512 3.545 99.792 4.793
201603 3.528 100.470 4.738
201606 3.576 101.688 4.745
201609 3.588 101.861 4.753
201612 3.628 101.863 4.806
201703 3.608 102.862 4.733
201706 3.680 103.349 4.804
201709 3.731 104.136 4.834
201712 3.742 104.011 4.854
201803 3.683 105.290 4.720
201806 3.673 106.317 4.661
201809 3.729 106.507 4.724
201812 3.747 105.998 4.770
201903 3.739 107.251 4.704
201906 3.772 108.070 4.709
201909 3.779 108.329 4.707
201912 3.796 108.420 4.724
202003 3.770 108.902 4.671
202006 3.776 108.767 4.684
202009 3.762 109.815 4.622
202012 3.761 109.897 4.618
202103 3.761 111.754 4.541
202106 3.824 114.631 4.501
202109 3.830 115.734 4.465
202112 3.883 117.630 4.454
202203 3.881 121.301 4.317
202206 3.798 125.017 4.099
202209 3.835 125.227 4.132
202212 3.913 125.222 4.216
202303 3.899 127.348 4.131
202306 3.933 128.729 4.122
202309 3.947 129.860 4.101
202312 4.013 129.419 4.184
202403 4.024 131.776 4.120
202406 4.034 132.554 4.106
202409 4.113 133.029 4.172
202412 4.156 133.157 4.211
202503 4.146 134.927 4.146

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.


Electro-Sensors  (NAS:ELSE) 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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Electro-Sensors Business Description

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Address
6111 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN, USA, 55343-9108
Electro-Sensors Inc manufactures and sells industrial production monitoring and process control systems. It manufactures a complete line of monitoring and control systems for a wide range of industrial machine applications. The systems measure machine production and operation rates, as well as regulate the speed of related machines in production processes. Its products include motor drive control, position monitors, sensor targets, signal conditioners, speed sensors, speed switches, tachometers, temperature sensors, vibration monitors, etc.
Executives
Patricia Nancy Peterson 10 percent owner 6005 ERIN TERRACE, EDINA MN 55439
Paul Rodney Peterson 10 percent owner 227 CEDAR DRIVE WEST, HUDSON WI 54016
John Eberhart Peterson 10 percent owner 815 BUTTONBUSH LANE, NAPLES FL 34108
Michael C. Zipoy director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DR, MINNETONKA MN 55343
Lynne Elizabeth Peterson 10 percent owner 10254 NOTTINGHAM TRAIL, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Estate Of Nancy P. Peterson 10 percent owner C/O 15708 WOODKNOLL LANE, MINNETONKA MN 55345
Michael Hochman officer: VP of Casino Card Operations 1100 CANTERBURY ROAD, SHAKOPEE MN 55379
Nancy P. Peterson 10 percent owner 905 MAIN STREET, HOPKINS MN 55343
Nicholas John Swenson 10 percent owner 5000 WEST 36TH STREET, SUITE 130, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Scott A. Gabbard director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DRIVE, MINNETONKA MN 55343
David L Klenk director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DRIVE, MINNETONKA MN 55343
Robert W Heller director 10992 MOUNT CURVE ROAD, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Jeffrey Dean Peterson director 15708 WOODKNOLL LANE, MINNETONKA MN 55345
Geoffrey W Miller director 12735 42ND PLACE N, PLAYMOUTH MN 55442-2350
John S Strom director