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Brenntag SE (WBO:BNR) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.16 (As of Jun. 02, 2025)


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What is Brenntag SE Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-02), Brenntag SE's current share price is €58.90. Brenntag SE's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €27.25. Brenntag SE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.16.

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

WBO:BNR' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.92   Med: 3.04   Max: 4.66
Current: 2.19

During the past years, Brenntag SE's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.66. The lowest was 1.92. And the median was 3.04.

WBO:BNR's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
60.94% of 1170 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.6 vs WBO:BNR: 2.19

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.

Brenntag SE's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €32.715. 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 €27.25 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Brenntag SE Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brenntag SE'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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Brenntag SE Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Brenntag SE 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 3.63 4.08 2.63 3.35 2.16

Brenntag SE 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 3.07 2.43 2.55 2.16 2.19

Competitive Comparison of Brenntag SE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Brenntag SE'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.


Brenntag SE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Brenntag SE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Brenntag SE 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.

Brenntag SE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=58.90/27.25
=2.16

* 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.

Brenntag SE's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Brenntag SE'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)
=32.715/127.7792*127.7792
=32.715

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 127.7792.

Brenntag SE Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 16.027 100.417 20.394
201509 16.262 100.417 20.693
201512 17.129 99.717 21.950
201603 17.190 100.017 21.962
201606 17.223 100.717 21.851
201609 17.772 101.017 22.480
201612 19.091 101.217 24.101
201703 19.707 101.417 24.830
201706 18.715 102.117 23.418
201709 18.979 102.717 23.610
201712 19.244 102.617 23.963
201803 19.715 102.917 24.478
201806 19.548 104.017 24.014
201809 20.317 104.718 24.791
201812 21.207 104.217 26.002
201903 22.067 104.217 27.056
201906 21.005 105.718 25.388
201909 22.258 106.018 26.827
201912 22.756 105.818 27.479
202003 23.165 105.718 27.999
202006 22.489 106.618 26.953
202009 22.581 105.818 27.268
202012 22.975 105.518 27.822
202103 24.220 107.518 28.784
202106 23.729 108.486 27.949
202109 24.561 109.435 28.678
202112 25.335 110.384 29.328
202203 27.559 113.968 30.899
202206 29.137 115.760 32.162
202209 31.986 118.818 34.398
202212 30.761 119.345 32.935
202303 28.544 122.402 29.798
202306 28.093 123.140 29.151
202309 30.518 124.195 31.399
202312 29.194 123.773 30.139
202403 31.083 125.038 31.764
202406 30.288 125.882 30.745
202409 30.282 126.198 30.661
202412 32.737 127.041 32.927
202503 32.715 127.779 32.715

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.


Brenntag SE  (WBO:BNR) 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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Brenntag SE Business Description

Industry
Address
Messeallee 11, Essen, NW, DEU, 45131
Brenntag SE manufactures, distributes, and sells chemicals and chemical-based products. It operates in two reportable segments life science and material science. Life science chemicals are used to produce cosmetics, food, animal nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. The material science chemicals are used to produce soaps and detergents, coatings, and paints as well as the extraction of oil and gas. The company organizes itself into four segments based on geography EMEA, North America, Latin America, and APAC.