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Canadian Solar (MEX:CSIQ) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.35 (As of May. 01, 2025)


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What is Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-01), Canadian Solar's current share price is MXN190.00. Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was MXN544.86. Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.35.

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

MEX:CSIQ' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27   Med: 1.44   Max: 4.28
Current: 0.33

During the past years, Canadian Solar's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.28. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 1.44.

MEX:CSIQ's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
92% of 700 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.915 vs MEX:CSIQ: 0.33

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.

Canadian Solar's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was MXN800.393. 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 MXN544.86 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2024.

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Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian Solar'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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Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Canadian Solar 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 3.19 1.73 1.47 1.07 0.40

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 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 1.07 0.78 0.56 0.62 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Solar subindustry, Canadian Solar'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.


Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Canadian Solar 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.

Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=190.00/544.86
=0.35

* 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.

Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Canadian Solar's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2024)
=800.393/127.3637*127.3637
=800.393

Current CPI (Dec. 2024) = 127.3637.

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201503 202.754 99.789 258.780
201506 220.541 100.500 279.491
201509 231.210 100.421 293.242
201512 251.624 99.947 320.647
201603 266.869 101.054 336.351
201606 295.075 102.002 368.444
201609 309.164 101.765 386.935
201612 315.398 101.449 395.967
201703 288.081 102.634 357.495
201706 289.719 103.029 358.150
201709 299.559 103.345 369.181
201712 346.555 103.345 427.100
201803 342.499 105.004 415.431
201806 357.337 105.557 431.158
201809 366.857 105.636 442.314
201812 406.586 105.399 491.317
201903 402.503 106.979 479.198
201906 413.454 107.690 488.986
201909 441.234 107.611 522.224
201912 442.540 107.769 523.002
202003 576.623 107.927 680.466
202006 589.565 108.401 692.696
202009 554.380 108.164 652.784
202012 522.214 108.559 612.670
202103 536.079 110.298 619.025
202106 547.775 111.720 624.479
202109 550.241 112.905 620.706
202112 577.096 113.774 646.027
202203 564.337 117.646 610.955
202206 559.976 120.806 590.374
202209 556.593 120.648 587.575
202212 586.832 120.964 617.879
202303 570.929 122.702 592.619
202306 649.004 124.203 665.518
202309 656.642 125.230 667.828
202312 656.619 125.072 668.648
202403 634.517 126.258 640.076
202406 735.415 127.522 734.504
202409 854.846 127.285 855.377
202412 800.393 127.364 800.393

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.


Canadian Solar  (MEX:CSIQ) 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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Canadian Solar Business Description

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Address
545 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON, CAN, N1K 1E6
Canadian Solar Inc is a Canadian solar power company. It is an integrated provider of solar power products, services, and system solutions. The company engages in designing, developing, and manufacturing solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules, and other solar power products. It operates through two business segments CSI Solar and Recurrent Energy segment. The CSI Solar segment designs, develops, and manufactures solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules, and other solar power and battery storage products. Its Recurrent segment primarily comprises solar and battery storage project development and sale, O&M and asset management services for operational projects, sale of electricity, and investment in retained assets.