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Bio-Rad Laboratories (STU:BUWA) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.83 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Bio-Rad Laboratories Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-03), Bio-Rad Laboratories's current share price is €195.40. Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €236.13. Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.83.

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

STU:BUWA' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.84   Med: 3.02   Max: 5.8
Current: 0.84

During the past years, Bio-Rad Laboratories's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.80. The lowest was 0.84. And the median was 3.02.

STU:BUWA's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
75.05% of 497 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs STU:BUWA: 0.84

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.

Bio-Rad Laboratories's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €223.589. 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 €236.13 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Bio-Rad Laboratories Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bio-Rad Laboratories'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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Bio-Rad Laboratories Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Bio-Rad Laboratories 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 4.83 4.56 2.11 1.42 1.32

Bio-Rad Laboratories Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 1.46 1.13 1.36 1.32 0.95

Competitive Comparison of Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Bio-Rad Laboratories'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.


Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Bio-Rad Laboratories 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.

Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=195.40/236.13
=0.83

* 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.

Bio-Rad Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Bio-Rad Laboratories's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=223.589/134.9266*134.9266
=223.589

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Bio-Rad Laboratories Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 72.072 100.684 96.584
201509 73.877 100.392 99.291
201512 77.871 99.792 105.287
201603 77.726 100.470 104.382
201606 79.086 101.688 104.937
201609 81.517 101.861 107.979
201612 82.667 101.863 109.500
201703 85.506 102.862 112.160
201706 84.463 103.349 110.270
201709 80.293 104.136 104.034
201712 83.131 104.011 107.840
201803 122.122 105.290 156.497
201806 133.097 106.317 168.913
201809 140.168 106.507 177.570
201812 118.586 105.998 150.950
201903 144.350 107.251 181.600
201906 162.942 108.070 203.436
201909 155.641 108.329 193.854
201912 173.084 108.420 215.400
202003 192.102 108.902 238.010
202006 220.022 108.767 272.939
202009 251.167 109.815 308.602
202012 272.125 109.897 334.103
202103 299.419 111.754 361.503
202106 323.237 114.631 380.465
202109 435.608 115.734 507.845
202112 404.632 117.630 464.132
202203 308.810 121.301 343.498
202206 284.230 125.017 306.760
202209 286.284 125.227 308.460
202212 306.690 125.222 330.459
202303 307.991 127.348 326.320
202306 268.141 128.729 281.051
202309 270.577 129.860 281.135
202312 281.074 129.419 293.035
202403 291.931 131.776 298.910
202406 223.323 132.554 227.321
202409 240.983 133.029 244.421
202412 223.972 133.157 226.948
202503 223.589 134.927 223.589

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.


Bio-Rad Laboratories  (STU:BUWA) 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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Bio-Rad Laboratories Business Description

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1000 Alfred Nobel Drive, Hercules, CA, USA, 94547
Bio-Rad Laboratories, headquartered in Hercules, California, develops, manufactures, and sells products and solutions for the clinical diagnostics and life sciences markets. In clinical diagnostics (60% of sales), Bio-Rad sells test systems and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories. In life sciences (40% of sales), it develops and manufactures instruments and reagents used in research, biopharmaceutical production, and food testing and has a leadership position in dPCR technology. The company is geographically diverse, with major markets in the Americas (about 40% of sales), Europe (about 30%), Asia (about 30%), and other. Bio-Rad owns approximately 33% of Sartorius, a lab and bioprocessing supplier that specializes in single-use technology used in biologics manufacturing.

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