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Harmonic (STU:HMC) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.08 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Harmonic Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-26), Harmonic's current share price is €10.805. Harmonic's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.51. Harmonic's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.08.

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

STU:HMC' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 1.71   Max: 4.55
Current: 3.14

During the past years, Harmonic's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.55. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 1.71.

STU:HMC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
73.44% of 1871 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.66 vs STU:HMC: 3.14

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.

Harmonic's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.363. 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 €3.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Harmonic Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Harmonic Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.81 1.82 2.91 3.30 3.44

Harmonic Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 3.69 4.12 2.49 3.44 3.55

Competitive Comparison of Harmonic's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Harmonic'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.


Harmonic's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Harmonic 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=10.805/3.51
=3.08

* 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.

Harmonic's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=3.363/131.7762*131.7762
=3.363

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Harmonic Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 3.222 100.560 4.222
201409 3.337 100.428 4.379
201412 3.438 99.070 4.573
201503 3.868 99.621 5.116
201506 3.738 100.684 4.892
201509 3.665 100.392 4.811
201512 3.963 99.792 5.233
201603 3.616 100.470 4.743
201606 3.332 101.688 4.318
201609 3.202 101.861 4.142
201612 3.270 101.863 4.230
201703 2.920 102.862 3.741
201706 2.511 103.349 3.202
201709 2.268 104.136 2.870
201712 2.235 104.011 2.832
201803 2.151 105.290 2.692
201806 2.212 106.317 2.742
201809 2.205 106.507 2.728
201812 2.305 105.998 2.866
201903 2.199 107.251 2.702
201906 2.107 108.070 2.569
201909 2.423 108.329 2.947
201912 2.497 108.420 3.035
202003 2.231 108.902 2.700
202006 2.111 108.767 2.558
202009 2.037 109.815 2.444
202012 2.162 109.897 2.592
202103 2.174 111.754 2.563
202106 2.180 114.631 2.506
202109 2.278 115.734 2.594
202112 2.551 117.630 2.858
202203 2.471 121.301 2.684
202206 2.673 125.017 2.818
202209 2.880 125.227 3.031
202212 2.788 125.222 2.934
202303 2.817 127.348 2.915
202306 2.836 128.729 2.903
202309 2.847 129.860 2.889
202312 3.564 129.419 3.629
202403 3.363 131.776 3.363

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.


Harmonic  (STU:HMC) 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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Harmonic (STU:HMC) Business Description

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2590 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
Harmonic Inc designs and manufactures video infrastructure products and system solutions to deliver video and broadband services to consumer devices. The firm operates in two segments: Video, which sells video processing, production, and playout solutions to cable operators and satellite and telecommunications providers; and Broadband which sells broadband access solutions and related services. Majority of the revenue generated from the company is from United States.