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ePlus (FRA:MLE) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.09 (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is ePlus Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-19), ePlus's current share price is €73.00. ePlus's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €17.87. ePlus's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.09.

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

FRA:MLE' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.08   Med: 3.43   Max: 5.75
Current: 4.07

During the past years, ePlus's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.75. The lowest was 2.08. And the median was 3.43.

FRA:MLE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
65.92% of 1344 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.62 vs FRA:MLE: 4.07

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.

ePlus's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €29.862. 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 €17.87 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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ePlus Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

ePlus Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.49 2.83 3.95 3.68 2.75

ePlus Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.60 2.75 3.04 3.31 4.06

Competitive Comparison of ePlus's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, ePlus'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.


ePlus's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



ePlus 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=73.00/17.87
=4.09

* 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.

ePlus's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, ePlus's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=29.862/129.4194*129.4194
=29.862

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

ePlus Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 5.992 99.695 7.779
201406 6.078 100.560 7.822
201409 6.679 100.428 8.607
201412 7.405 99.070 9.673
201503 8.730 99.621 11.341
201506 8.577 100.684 11.025
201509 9.081 100.392 11.707
201512 9.714 99.792 12.598
201603 9.720 100.470 12.521
201606 9.616 101.688 12.238
201609 10.058 101.861 12.779
201612 11.174 101.863 14.197
201703 11.420 102.862 14.368
201706 11.212 103.349 14.040
201709 11.132 104.136 13.835
201712 11.539 104.011 14.358
201803 10.980 105.290 13.496
201806 11.847 106.317 14.421
201809 12.464 106.507 15.145
201812 13.184 105.998 16.097
201903 13.793 107.251 16.644
201906 14.041 108.070 16.815
201909 15.128 108.329 18.073
201912 15.734 108.420 18.781
202003 16.279 108.902 19.346
202006 16.469 108.767 19.596
202009 16.403 109.815 19.331
202012 16.589 109.897 19.536
202103 17.493 111.754 20.258
202106 17.893 114.631 20.201
202109 19.303 115.734 21.585
202112 20.981 117.630 23.084
202203 22.315 121.301 23.808
202206 23.789 125.017 24.627
202209 26.489 125.227 27.376
202212 26.187 125.222 27.065
202303 27.156 127.348 27.598
202306 27.857 128.729 28.006
202309 29.412 129.860 29.312
202312 29.862 129.419 29.862

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.


ePlus  (FRA:MLE) 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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