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Marlowe (LSE:MRL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.32 (As of Jun. 01, 2025)


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What is Marlowe Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-01), Marlowe's current share price is £3.70. Marlowe's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar24 was £2.81. Marlowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.32.

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

LSE:MRL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 2.72   Max: 4.27
Current: 1.32

During the past 13 years, Marlowe's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.27. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 2.72.

LSE:MRL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
54.82% of 684 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.52 vs LSE:MRL: 1.32

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.

Marlowe's adjusted book value per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Mar24 was £4.519. 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 £2.81 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar24.

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Marlowe Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Marlowe'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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Marlowe Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Marlowe Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.86 2.94 2.68 1.32 0.99

Marlowe Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 - 1.32 - 0.99 -

Competitive Comparison of Marlowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Marlowe'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.


Marlowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Marlowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Marlowe 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.

Marlowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=3.70/2.81
=1.32

* 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.

Marlowe's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar24 is calculated as:

For example, Marlowe's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Mar24 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar24 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar24)
=4.519/131.6000*131.6000
=4.519

Current CPI (Mar24) = 131.6000.

Marlowe Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201503 0.527 99.600 0.696
201603 0.514 100.400 0.674
201703 1.132 102.700 1.451
201803 1.394 105.100 1.745
201903 1.900 107.000 2.337
202003 2.107 108.600 2.553
202103 3.422 109.700 4.105
202203 4.654 116.500 5.257
202303 4.623 126.800 4.798
202403 4.519 131.600 4.519

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.


Marlowe  (LSE:MRL) 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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Marlowe Business Description

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20 Grosvenor Place, London, GBR, SW1X 7HN
Marlowe PLC provides safety and protection services in the UK. The company's operating segment includes Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) and Occupational Health (OH). It generates maximum revenue from the TIC segment.

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