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China Telecom (HKSE:00728) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.84 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is China Telecom Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-17), China Telecom's current share price is HK$4.46. China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$5.28. China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.84.

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

HKSE:00728' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 0.86   Max: 1.57
Current: 0.84

During the past years, China Telecom's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.57. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 0.86.

HKSE:00728's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
69.47% of 285 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.47 vs HKSE:00728: 0.84

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.

China Telecom's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$5.358. 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 HK$5.28 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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China Telecom Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Telecom'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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China Telecom Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

China Telecom 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 0.66 0.44 0.51 0.58 0.71

China Telecom 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 - 0.72 0.74 0.71 0.79

Competitive Comparison of China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom'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.


China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



China Telecom 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.

China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=4.46/5.28
=0.84

* 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.

China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, China Telecom'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)
=5.358/115.2271*115.2271
=5.358

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 115.2271.

China Telecom Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 4.350 98.200 5.104
201409 4.492 98.900 5.234
201412 4.477 99.000 5.211
201503 4.528 99.900 5.223
201506 4.551 99.500 5.270
201509 4.513 100.500 5.174
201512 4.511 100.600 5.167
201603 4.552 102.200 5.132
201606 4.495 101.400 5.108
201609 4.524 102.400 5.091
201612 4.369 102.600 4.907
201703 4.463 103.200 4.983
201706 4.531 103.100 5.064
201709 4.790 104.100 5.302
201712 4.771 104.500 5.261
201803 5.131 105.300 5.615
201806 5.019 104.900 5.513
201809 4.807 106.600 5.196
201812 4.815 106.500 5.210
201903 5.032 107.700 5.384
201906 4.848 107.700 5.187
201909 4.770 109.800 5.006
201912 4.847 111.200 5.023
202003 4.897 112.300 5.025
202006 4.830 110.400 5.041
202009 5.086 111.700 5.247
202012 5.324 111.500 5.502
202103 0.000 112.662 0.000
202106 5.570 111.769 5.742
202109 5.613 112.215 5.764
202112 5.736 113.108 5.843
202203 5.871 114.335 5.917
202206 5.529 114.558 5.561
202209 0.000 115.339 0.000
202212 5.273 115.116 5.278
202303 0.000 115.116 0.000
202306 5.326 114.558 5.357
202309 5.150 115.339 5.145
202312 5.294 114.781 5.315
202403 5.358 115.227 5.358

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.


China Telecom  (HKSE:00728) 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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China Telecom (HKSE:00728) Business Description

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31 Jinrong Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100033
China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.

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