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AstroNova (FRA:AZO) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.46 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is AstroNova Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-21), AstroNova's current share price is €16.00. AstroNova's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €10.95. AstroNova's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.46.

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

FRA:AZO' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.62   Med: 1.59   Max: 2.86
Current: 1.47

During the past years, AstroNova's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.86. The lowest was 0.62. And the median was 1.59.

FRA:AZO's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
55.09% of 1868 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.645 vs FRA:AZO: 1.47

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.

AstroNova's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was €11.135. 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 €10.95 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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AstroNova Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

AstroNova Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.31 1.10 1.28 1.15 1.48

AstroNova Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 1.15 1.26 1.21 1.14 1.48

Competitive Comparison of AstroNova's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, AstroNova'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.


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

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

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



AstroNova 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=16.00/10.95
=1.46

* 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.

AstroNova's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=11.135/130.1244*130.1244
=11.135

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 130.1244.

AstroNova Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201404 6.419 100.023 8.351
201407 6.627 100.520 8.579
201410 7.148 100.176 9.285
201501 7.541 98.604 9.952
201504 8.162 99.824 10.640
201507 8.160 100.691 10.545
201510 8.126 100.346 10.537
201601 8.451 99.957 11.001
201604 8.175 100.947 10.538
201607 8.440 101.524 10.818
201610 8.527 101.988 10.879
201701 8.888 102.456 11.288
201704 8.799 103.167 11.098
201707 7.857 103.278 9.899
201710 7.873 104.070 9.844
201801 7.711 104.578 9.595
201804 7.712 105.708 9.493
201807 8.151 106.324 9.976
201810 8.454 106.695 10.310
201901 8.786 106.200 10.765
201904 9.117 107.818 11.003
201907 9.139 108.250 10.986
201910 9.349 108.577 11.204
202001 9.106 108.841 10.887
202004 9.293 108.173 11.179
202007 8.870 109.318 10.558
202010 8.717 109.861 10.325
202101 8.602 110.364 10.142
202104 8.811 112.673 10.176
202107 9.659 115.183 10.912
202110 9.792 116.696 10.919
202201 9.889 118.619 10.848
202204 10.239 121.978 10.923
202207 10.893 125.002 11.339
202210 11.264 125.734 11.657
202301 10.674 126.223 11.004
202304 10.516 127.992 10.691
202307 10.276 128.974 10.368
202310 11.070 129.810 11.097
202401 11.135 130.124 11.135

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.


AstroNova  (FRA:AZO) 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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AstroNova (FRA:AZO) Business Description

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Address
600 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick, RI, USA, 02893
AstroNova Inc designs develops, manufactures and distributes a broad range of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems, including both hardware and software, which incorporate advanced technologies to acquire, store, analyze, and present data in multiple formats. Target markets for its hardware and software products include aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemicals, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging and transportation. Its business consists of two segments, Product Identification and Test & Measurement. It derives revenue from The PI segment that includes specialty printing systems and related supplies sold under the QuickLabel, TrojanLabel and GetLabels brand names.

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