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Africa Opportunity Fund (LSE:AOF) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.58 (As of Jun. 12, 2024)


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What is Africa Opportunity Fund Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-12), Africa Opportunity Fund's current share price is $0.65. Africa Opportunity Fund's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $1.13. Africa Opportunity Fund's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.58.

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

LSE:AOF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.45   Med: 0.5   Max: 0.59
Current: 0.57

During the past 11 years, Africa Opportunity Fund's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 0.59. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.50.

LSE:AOF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
72.46% of 955 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.8 vs LSE:AOF: 0.57

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.

Africa Opportunity Fund's adjusted book value per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.861. 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 $1.13 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Africa Opportunity Fund Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Africa Opportunity Fund'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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Africa Opportunity Fund Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Africa Opportunity Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec12 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 - - - 0.53 0.45

Africa Opportunity Fund Semi-Annual Data
Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 - - 0.53 - 0.45

Competitive Comparison of Africa Opportunity Fund's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Africa Opportunity Fund'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.


Africa Opportunity Fund's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Africa Opportunity Fund's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Africa Opportunity Fund 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.

Africa Opportunity Fund's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=0.65/1.13
=0.58

* 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.

Africa Opportunity Fund's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, Africa Opportunity Fund's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=0.861/129.4194*129.4194
=0.861

Current CPI (Dec23) = 129.4194.

Africa Opportunity Fund Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201212 0.963 96.871 1.287
201512 1.437 99.792 1.864
201612 1.329 101.863 1.689
201712 0.925 104.011 1.151
201812 0.671 105.998 0.819
201912 0.638 108.420 0.762
202012 0.645 109.897 0.760
202112 1.052 117.630 1.157
202212 0.948 125.222 0.980
202312 0.861 129.419 0.861

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.


Africa Opportunity Fund  (LSE:AOF) 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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Africa Opportunity Fund (LSE:AOF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
South Church Street, P.O. Box 309, George Town, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, CYM
Africa Opportunity Fund Ltd operates in United Kingdom's financial service sector and is a closed-end investment company formed with the objective of achieving capital growth and income through investments in value, arbitrage, and special situations opportunities derived from the continent of Africa. The Company is organized into one main operating segment, which invests in equity securities, debt instruments, and relative derivatives. All of the Company's activities are interrelated, and each activity is dependent on the others.

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