KLMR (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Jul. 30, 2026)

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What is KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines  (OTCPK:KLMR) 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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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

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KLMR vs : Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines'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.


KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KLM Royal Dutch Airlines's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 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.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec18 is calculated as:

For example, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec18 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec18 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec18)
=24.425/103.9700*103.9700
=24.425

Current CPI (Dec18) = 103.9700.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
200403 38.956 83.440 48.541
200503 65.075 84.880 79.711
200603 65.786 85.680 79.829
200703 85.593 87.220 102.031
201312 47.057 98.360 49.741
201412 0.132 99.050 0.139
201512 9.122 99.730 9.510
201612 22.242 100.710 22.962
201712 20.731 101.970 21.138
201812 24.425 103.970 24.425

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.


KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Business Description

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Address Amsterdamseweg 55, Amstelveen, NH, NLD, 1182 GP
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is engaged in network activities, which include air transport of passengers and cargo activities, aircraft maintenance, leisure, and other activities linked to air transport. Its segments are: Network, which generates maximum revenue and includes transportation of passengers on scheduled flights, ancillary passenger revenues, SkyTeam alliance partnership arrangements, block-seat sales, transportation of freight, and sale of cargo capacity to third parties; Maintenance, which provides engine services, component services, and airframe maintenance to airlines and clients internationally; Leisure, which covers charter flights and low-cost scheduled flights operated by transavia.com; and Other segment. It generates maximum revenue from Europe and North Africa.