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Canadian Solar (FRA:L5A) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.63 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-22), Canadian Solar's current share price is €14.615. Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €23.07. Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.63.

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

FRA:L5A' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.57   Med: 1.64   Max: 5.2
Current: 0.62

During the past years, Canadian Solar's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.20. The lowest was 0.57. And the median was 1.64.

FRA:L5A's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
89.33% of 684 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.495 vs FRA:L5A: 0.62

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 Mar. 2024 was €35.180. 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 €23.07 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 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 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.50 3.19 1.73 1.47 1.07

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.82 1.69 1.03 1.07 0.78

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.



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
=14.615/23.07
=0.63

* 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 Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=35.18/126.2576*126.2576
=35.180

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 7.524 99.473 9.550
201409 9.141 99.394 11.612
201412 10.536 98.367 13.523
201503 12.289 99.789 15.549
201506 12.524 100.500 15.734
201509 12.191 100.421 15.327
201512 13.434 99.947 16.970
201603 13.922 101.054 17.394
201606 14.201 102.002 17.578
201609 14.247 101.765 17.676
201612 14.502 101.449 18.048
201703 14.305 102.634 17.598
201706 14.265 103.029 17.481
201709 13.849 103.345 16.920
201712 14.911 103.345 18.217
201803 15.289 105.004 18.384
201806 15.567 105.557 18.620
201809 16.808 105.636 20.089
201812 18.202 105.399 21.804
201903 18.364 106.979 21.673
201906 19.049 107.690 22.333
201909 20.294 107.611 23.810
201912 21.118 107.769 24.741
202003 22.255 107.927 26.035
202006 22.682 108.401 26.418
202009 21.306 108.164 24.870
202012 21.579 108.559 25.097
202103 22.029 110.298 25.217
202106 22.840 111.720 25.812
202109 22.746 112.905 25.436
202112 24.897 113.774 27.629
202203 25.735 117.646 27.619
202206 26.332 120.806 27.520
202209 27.947 120.648 29.246
202212 28.414 120.964 29.657
202303 29.584 122.702 30.441
202306 34.941 124.203 35.519
202309 35.322 125.230 35.612
202312 35.473 125.072 35.809
202403 35.180 126.258 35.180

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  (FRA:L5A) 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 (FRA:L5A) 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 Global Energy segment. The CSI Solar segment design, develop and manufacture solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power and battery storage products. Its Energy 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.

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