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Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.85 (As of Jun. 02, 2025)


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What is Aberforth Smaller Trust Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-02), Aberforth Smaller Trust's current share price is £14.78. Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was £17.35. Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.85.

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

LSE:ASL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56   Med: 1.1   Max: 1.43
Current: 0.85

During the past 13 years, Aberforth Smaller Trust's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.43. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 1.10.

LSE:ASL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
54.97% of 946 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.8 vs LSE:ASL: 0.85

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.

Aberforth Smaller Trust's adjusted book value per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was £16.669. 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 £17.35 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec24.

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Aberforth Smaller Trust Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aberforth Smaller Trust'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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Aberforth Smaller Trust Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Aberforth Smaller Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.98 1.03 0.82 0.83 0.85

Aberforth Smaller Trust Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 0.82 - 0.83 - 0.85

Competitive Comparison of Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Aberforth Smaller Trust'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.


Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Aberforth Smaller Trust 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.

Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=14.78/17.35
=0.85

* 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.

Aberforth Smaller Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 is calculated as:

For example, Aberforth Smaller Trust's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec24 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec24)
=16.669/135.1000*135.1000
=16.669

Current CPI (Dec24) = 135.1000.

Aberforth Smaller Trust Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201512 12.543 100.400 16.878
201612 12.926 102.200 17.087
201712 15.437 105.000 19.862
201812 12.737 107.100 16.067
201912 15.701 108.500 19.550
202012 12.924 109.400 15.960
202112 16.744 114.700 19.722
202212 14.657 125.300 15.803
202312 15.367 130.500 15.909
202412 16.669 135.100 16.669

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.


Aberforth Smaller Trust  (LSE:ASL) 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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Aberforth Smaller Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 7NS
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a UK based closed-ended investment trust. Its objective is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than that of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term. The Company also aims to achieve its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies. It invests in various sectors, such as technology, telecommunications, health care, financials, real estate, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, industrials, basic materials and energy.

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