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Engro Polymer & Chemicals (KAR:EPCL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.50 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Engro Polymer & Chemicals Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-03), Engro Polymer & Chemicals's current share price is ₨33.99. Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ₨22.61. Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.50.

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

KAR:EPCL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.24   Med: 2.18   Max: 3.29
Current: 1.41

During the past years, Engro Polymer & Chemicals's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.29. The lowest was 1.24. And the median was 2.18.

KAR:EPCL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
54.02% of 1170 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.6 vs KAR:EPCL: 1.41

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.

Engro Polymer & Chemicals's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₨25.851. 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 ₨22.61 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Engro Polymer & Chemicals Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Engro Polymer & Chemicals'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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Engro Polymer & Chemicals Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Engro Polymer & Chemicals Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Engro Polymer & Chemicals Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 2.18 2.12 1.55 1.69 1.67

Competitive Comparison of Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Chemicals subindustry, Engro Polymer & Chemicals'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.


Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Engro Polymer & Chemicals 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.

Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=33.99/22.61
=1.50

* 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.

Engro Polymer & Chemicals's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Engro Polymer & Chemicals's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=25.851/134.9266*134.9266
=25.851

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Engro Polymer & Chemicals Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 7.485 100.684 10.031
201509 6.969 100.392 9.366
201512 7.214 99.792 9.754
201603 7.237 100.470 9.719
201606 7.276 101.688 9.654
201609 7.265 101.861 9.623
201612 8.120 101.863 10.756
201703 9.266 102.862 12.154
201706 9.537 103.349 12.451
201709 10.756 104.136 13.936
201712 10.495 104.011 13.614
201803 11.736 105.290 15.039
201806 13.540 106.317 17.184
201809 17.308 106.507 21.926
201812 18.479 105.998 23.522
201903 19.383 107.251 24.385
201906 18.066 108.070 22.556
201909 19.243 108.329 23.968
201912 19.557 108.420 24.338
202003 19.770 108.902 24.495
202006 19.602 108.767 24.316
202009 24.559 109.815 30.175
202012 25.443 109.897 31.238
202103 28.741 111.754 34.700
202106 31.287 114.631 36.826
202109 27.615 115.734 32.194
202112 29.670 117.630 34.033
202203 29.267 121.301 32.555
202206 26.717 125.017 28.835
202209 26.579 125.227 28.638
202212 26.539 125.222 28.596
202303 27.841 127.348 29.498
202306 25.729 128.729 26.968
202309 26.970 129.860 28.022
202312 28.156 129.419 29.354
202403 25.944 131.776 26.564
202406 25.186 132.554 25.637
202409 24.418 133.029 24.766
202412 26.759 133.157 27.115
202503 25.851 134.927 25.851

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.


Engro Polymer & Chemicals  (KAR:EPCL) 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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Engro Polymer & Chemicals Business Description

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Marine Drive, 8th Floor, Block 4, The Harbour Front Building, Clifton, Karachi, SD, PAK, 75600
Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd is a chlor vinyl chemical company. The activity of the firm is to produce and market chlor-vinyl products, which include polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, and sodium hypochlorite. Engro Polymer operates in three segments: Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) and Allied Chemicals segment which generates the majority of revenue from manufacturing and selling PVC and allied chemicals to various industrial customers, including pipe manufacturers, shoe, and packaging industry. The Caustic Soda and Allied Chemicals segment manufactures and sells caustic soda and other chemicals to the textile and soap industry. The power supply segment supplies surplus power generated from its power plants to Engro Fertilizers Limited.

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