What is PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?
Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.
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PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart
Competitive Comparison of PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.'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.
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. 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.
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. does not have a history long enough to calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share. Therefore GuruFocus does not calculate Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for this company.
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. (FRA:4PN) 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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PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. (FRA:4PN) Business Description
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P., is a Delaware corporation formed by Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. on January 15, 2010. The Company is engaged in acquisition, development, operation and commercial management of natural gas storage facilities. The Company owns and operates three natural gas storage facilities located in Louisiana, Mississippi and Michigan. It also leases storage capacity and pipeline transportation capacity from third parties from time to time in order to increase its operational flexibility and enhance the services it offers to its customers. The Company provides natural gas storage services to a broad mix of customers, including local gas distribution companies, or LDCs, electric utilities, pipelines, direct industrial users, electric power generators, marketers, producers, LNG importers and affiliates of such entities. It generates revenue mainly from the provision of fee-based gas storage services to its customers. The majority of its net revenue from firm storage services is derived from contracts with initial terms that generally range from one year to 10 years in length and pursuant to which customers receive the assured or "firm" right to store gas in its facilities. Under its firm storage contracts, its customers are obligated to pay it fixed monthly capacity reservation fees, which is owed to it regardless of the actual storage capacity utilized. The Company also generate net revenue from the provision of hub services at its facilities and through the merchant storage activities of its commercial marketing group, which captures short term market opportunities by utilizing a portion of its storage capacity and engaging in related commercial marketing activities. The Company's merchant storage activities generate revenue through the hedged purchase and sale of natural gas net of any storage related costs incurred. It utilizes physical storage at its facilities and derivatives to hedge expected margin from these activities. The Company competes with several regional high-deliverability storage facilities along the Gulf Coast as well as the storage services offered by interstate and intrastate pipelines. The Company is subject to regulatory oversight by numerous federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
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