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GECSF (Global Education Communities) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.45 (As of May. 31, 2025)


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What is Global Education Communities Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-31), Global Education Communities's current share price is $0.1899. Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $0.42. Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.45.

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

GECSF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27   Med: 1.27   Max: 2.58
Current: 0.46

During the past years, Global Education Communities's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.58. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 1.27.

GECSF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
79.02% of 143 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.38 vs GECSF: 0.46

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.

Global Education Communities's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $0.246. 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 $0.42 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2025.

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Global Education Communities Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Education Communities'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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Global Education Communities Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Global Education Communities Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.41 1.45 1.09 0.69 0.49

Global Education Communities Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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 0.56 0.68 0.49 0.41 0.37

Competitive Comparison of Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Global Education Communities'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.


Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Global Education Communities 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.

Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=0.1899/0.42
=0.45

* 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.

Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Global Education Communities's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Feb. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2025)
=0.246/128.7859*128.7859
=0.246

Current CPI (Feb. 2025) = 128.7859.

Global Education Communities Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201505 0.236 100.263 0.303
201508 0.228 100.579 0.292
201511 0.229 100.421 0.294
201602 0.228 100.421 0.292
201605 0.283 101.765 0.358
201608 0.270 101.686 0.342
201611 0.318 101.607 0.403
201702 0.332 102.476 0.417
201705 0.321 103.108 0.401
201708 0.300 103.108 0.375
201711 0.303 103.740 0.376
201802 0.335 104.688 0.412
201805 0.413 105.399 0.505
201808 0.485 106.031 0.589
201811 0.490 105.478 0.598
201902 0.490 106.268 0.594
201905 0.492 107.927 0.587
201908 0.506 108.085 0.603
201911 0.502 107.769 0.600
202002 0.568 108.559 0.674
202005 0.554 107.532 0.663
202008 0.520 108.243 0.619
202011 0.545 108.796 0.645
202102 0.627 109.745 0.736
202105 0.637 111.404 0.736
202108 0.576 112.668 0.658
202111 0.582 113.932 0.658
202202 0.495 115.986 0.550
202205 0.496 120.016 0.532
202208 0.315 120.569 0.336
202211 0.287 121.675 0.304
202302 0.276 122.070 0.291
202305 0.270 124.045 0.280
202308 0.264 125.389 0.271
202311 0.298 125.468 0.306
202402 0.292 125.468 0.300
202405 0.292 127.601 0.295
202408 0.274 127.838 0.276
202411 0.246 127.838 0.248
202502 0.246 128.786 0.246

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.


Global Education Communities  (OTCPK:GECSF) 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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Global Education Communities Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
777 West Broadway, Suite 1200, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V5Z 4J7
Global Education Communities Corp is an educational and student-housing real estate company. Its business operations include education, media communications, revenue-producing properties, and real estate development. The company currently has five main business units, namely Sprott Shaw College Corp. (SSCC), Sprott Shaw Language College (SSLC), including Vancouver International College (VIC), CIBT School of Business & Technology (CIBT), IRIX Design Group Inc. (IRIX) and Global Education City Holdings Inc. (GECH). The majority of the company's revenue is generated from its Sprott Shaw College Corp. (SSCC) unit.