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Adobe (WBO:ADBE) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 13.45 (As of May. 24, 2025)


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What is Adobe Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-24), Adobe's current share price is €361.20. Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was €26.85. Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 13.45.

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

WBO:ADBE' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.66   Med: 18.2   Max: 36.13
Current: 14.71

During the past years, Adobe's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 36.13. The lowest was 6.66. And the median was 18.20.

WBO:ADBE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
92.96% of 1406 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.745 vs WBO:ADBE: 14.71

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.

Adobe's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was €28.906. 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 €26.85 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2025.

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Adobe Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Adobe Annual Data
Trend Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23 Nov24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.22 33.87 15.27 24.55 19.04

Adobe Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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 21.92 16.94 21.52 19.04 15.83

Competitive Comparison of Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Adobe'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.


Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Adobe 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=361.20/26.85
=13.45

* 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.

Adobe's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Adobe's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Feb. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2025)
=28.906/134.6241*134.6241
=28.906

Current CPI (Feb. 2025) = 134.6241.

Adobe Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201505 11.873 100.333 15.931
201508 12.319 100.548 16.494
201511 13.108 100.135 17.623
201602 12.757 100.040 17.167
201605 12.842 101.355 17.057
201608 13.062 101.617 17.305
201611 13.920 101.829 18.403
201702 14.392 102.779 18.851
201705 14.316 103.256 18.665
201708 14.041 103.587 18.248
201711 14.672 104.072 18.979
201802 14.189 105.052 18.183
201805 15.017 106.148 19.046
201808 15.694 106.383 19.860
201811 16.894 106.338 21.388
201902 17.803 106.649 22.473
201905 18.259 108.048 22.750
201908 18.990 108.245 23.618
201911 19.757 108.519 24.510
202002 19.868 109.139 24.507
202005 20.787 108.175 25.869
202008 20.620 109.662 25.314
202011 23.427 109.793 28.725
202102 23.387 110.968 28.373
202105 23.900 113.576 28.329
202108 25.739 115.421 30.021
202111 27.289 117.269 31.328
202202 25.711 119.703 28.916
202205 28.089 123.323 30.663
202208 30.381 124.958 32.731
202211 29.836 125.607 31.978
202302 28.907 126.928 30.660
202305 29.936 128.314 31.408
202308 31.725 129.538 32.971
202311 33.544 129.548 34.858
202402 31.637 130.930 32.530
202405 30.579 132.509 31.067
202408 29.646 132.816 30.050
202411 30.129 133.110 30.472
202502 28.906 134.624 28.906

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.


Adobe  (WBO:ADBE) 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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Adobe Business Description

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Adobe provides content creation, document management, and digital marketing and advertising software and services to creative professionals and marketers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing, and engaging with compelling content multiple operating systems, devices, and media. The company operates with three segments: digital media content creation, digital experience for marketing solutions, and publishing for legacy products (less than 5% of revenue).