PBI (Pitney Bowes) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Jul. 20, 2026)

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PBI Pitney Bowes Inc PBI
58 GF Score
Price $18.51
GF Value $7.63
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is Pitney Bowes Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

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Pitney Bowes  (NYSE:PBI) 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.


Pitney Bowes Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms


Pitney Bowes Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Pitney Bowes'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.

Pitney Bowes Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Pitney Bowes Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Pitney Bowes Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
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PBI vs HUBG, CYRX, FWRD: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Pitney Bowes'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.


Pitney Bowes Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Pitney Bowes's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Pitney Bowes 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.

Pitney Bowes's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, Pitney Bowes's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2026)
=-6.455/330.2130*330.2130
=-6.455

Current CPI (Mar. 2026) = 330.2130.

Pitney Bowes Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201606 0.422 241.018 0.578
201609 0.700 241.428 0.957
201612 -0.561 241.432 -0.767
201703 -0.251 243.801 -0.340
201706 0.155 244.955 0.209
201709 0.538 246.819 0.720
201712 1.008 246.524 1.350
201803 1.146 249.554 1.516
201806 1.044 251.989 1.368
201809 1.339 252.439 1.752
201812 0.541 251.233 0.711
201903 0.471 254.202 0.612
201906 0.310 256.143 0.400
201909 0.149 256.759 0.192
201912 1.678 256.974 2.156
202003 0.172 258.115 0.220
202006 0.260 257.797 0.333
202009 0.460 260.280 0.584
202012 0.411 260.474 0.521
202103 0.110 264.877 0.137
202106 0.306 271.696 0.372
202109 0.279 274.310 0.336
202112 0.645 278.802 0.764
202203 0.536 287.504 0.616
202206 0.254 296.311 0.283
202209 -0.048 296.808 -0.053
202212 0.349 296.797 0.388
202303 0.341 301.836 0.373
202306 -0.429 305.109 -0.464
202309 -0.710 307.789 -0.762
202312 -2.090 306.746 -2.250
202403 -2.208 312.332 -2.334
202406 -2.389 314.175 -2.511
202409 -2.861 315.301 -2.996
202412 -3.171 315.605 -3.318
202503 -2.936 319.799 -3.032
202506 -3.064 322.561 -3.137
202509 -4.061 324.800 -4.129
202512 -5.324 324.054 -5.425
202603 -6.455 330.213 -6.455

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.

Is Pitney Bowes (PBI) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Pitney Bowes stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $18.51 is trading 142.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of $7.63. GuruFocus considers Pitney Bowes to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for PBI:

  • Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio:
  • GF Value™: $7.63 vs. price of $18.51 (142.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 58/100 with 6 warning signs

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Pitney Bowes Business Description

Other Exchanges PBW:GermanyPBI:Argentina
Address 27 Waterview Drive, Shelton, CT, USA, 06484
Pitney Bowes Inc is a technology-driven company that provides SaaS shipping solutions, mailing innovation, and financial services to clients around the globe. The company's reportable segments are SendTech Solutions and Presort Services. SendTech Solutions includes the revenue and related expenses from physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions, financing, services, supplies and other applications to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels and flats. Presort Services includes the revenue and related expenses from sortation services to qualify large volumes of First Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Marketing Mail Flats/Bound Printed Matter for postal work sharing discounts. It derives maximum revenue from SendTech Solutions.
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