Luby's (STU:LUB) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Jul. 30, 2026)

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What is Luby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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Luby's  (STU:LUB) 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.


Luby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms


Luby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Luby's's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Luby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

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STU:LUB vs BDL, ARKR, BFI: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Luby's'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.


Luby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Luby's's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Luby's 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.

Luby's's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2021 is calculated as:

For example, Luby's's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Aug. 2021 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Aug. 2021 (Change)*Current CPI (Aug. 2021)
=0/273.5670*273.5670
=0.000

Current CPI (Aug. 2021) = 273.5670.

Luby's Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201111 5.845 226.230 7.068
201202 5.869 227.663 7.052
201205 5.954 229.815 7.088
201208 6.052 230.379 7.187
201211 6.054 230.221 7.194
201302 6.021 232.166 7.095
201305 6.095 232.945 7.158
201308 6.086 233.877 7.119
201311 6.132 233.069 7.197
201402 6.043 234.781 7.041
201405 5.971 237.900 6.866
201408 6.053 237.852 6.962
201411 5.965 236.151 6.910
201502 5.921 234.722 6.901
201505 5.981 237.805 6.880
201508 6.007 238.316 6.896
201511 5.951 237.336 6.859
201602 5.919 237.111 6.829
201605 5.924 240.229 6.746
201608 5.660 240.849 6.429
201611 5.474 241.353 6.205
201702 5.008 243.603 5.624
201705 5.004 244.733 5.594
201708 4.876 245.519 5.433
201711 4.716 246.669 5.230
201802 4.314 248.991 4.740
201805 3.801 251.588 4.133
201808 3.752 252.146 4.071
201811 3.595 252.038 3.902
201902 3.862 252.776 4.180
201905 3.687 256.092 3.939
201908 3.374 256.558 3.598
201911 3.129 257.208 3.328
202002 2.999 258.678 3.172
202005 2.159 256.394 2.304
202008 2.409 259.918 2.536
202011 0.000 260.229 0.000
202102 0.000 263.014 0.000
202105 0.000 269.195 0.000
202108 0.000 273.567 0.000

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.


Luby's Business Description

Address 13111 Northwest Freeway, Suite 600, Houston, TX, USA, 77040
Luby's Inc is a multi-branded company that owns and operates restaurants in the United States. Its operating segments are Company-owned restaurants, which generate majority revenue; franchise operations; and Culinary Contract Services. The company-owned restaurant's segment consists of brands including Luby's Cafeteria, Fuddruckers, and Cheeseburger in Paradise with a couple of non-core restaurant locations under other brand names. It only offers franchises for the Fuddruckers brand. Franchises are sold in markets where expansion is deemed advantageous to the development of the Fuddruckers concept and system of restaurants. The CCS operation, branded as Luby's Culinary Contract Services, consists of a business line servicing healthcare and corporate dining clients.