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WK (Workiva) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 292.04 (As of May. 20, 2025)


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What is Workiva Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-20), Workiva's current share price is $70.09. Workiva's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.24. Workiva's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 292.04.

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

WK' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 162.2   Med: 186.83   Max: 350.09
Current: 293.61

During the past years, Workiva's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 350.09. The lowest was 162.20. And the median was 186.83.

WK's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
99.79% of 1398 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.76 vs WK: 293.61

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.

Workiva's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-1.358. 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 $0.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Workiva Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Workiva 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 - - - 206.94 346.74

Workiva 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 189.36 180.75 207.38 346.74 311.90

Competitive Comparison of Workiva's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Workiva'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.


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

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

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


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Workiva 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=70.09/0.24
=292.04

* 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.

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

For example, Workiva'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)
=-1.358/134.9266*134.9266
=-1.358

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Workiva Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 1.054 100.684 1.412
201509 0.789 100.392 1.060
201512 0.628 99.792 0.849
201603 0.404 100.470 0.543
201606 0.215 101.688 0.285
201609 0.010 101.861 0.013
201612 -0.076 101.863 -0.101
201703 -0.121 102.862 -0.159
201706 -0.147 103.349 -0.192
201709 -0.345 104.136 -0.447
201712 -0.400 104.011 -0.519
201803 -0.216 105.290 -0.277
201806 -0.410 106.317 -0.520
201809 -0.281 106.507 -0.356
201812 -0.221 105.998 -0.281
201903 0.085 107.251 0.107
201906 0.210 108.070 0.262
201909 1.511 108.329 1.882
201912 1.162 108.420 1.446
202003 1.483 108.902 1.837
202006 1.496 108.767 1.856
202009 1.652 109.815 2.030
202012 1.317 109.897 1.617
202103 1.397 111.754 1.687
202106 1.431 114.631 1.684
202109 1.381 115.734 1.610
202112 1.419 117.630 1.628
202203 0.484 121.301 0.538
202206 0.150 125.017 0.162
202209 -0.105 125.227 -0.113
202212 0.114 125.222 0.123
202303 0.017 127.348 0.018
202306 0.003 128.729 0.003
202309 -2.105 129.860 -2.187
202312 -1.650 129.419 -1.720
202403 -1.518 131.776 -1.554
202406 -1.416 132.554 -1.441
202409 -0.918 133.029 -0.931
202412 -0.751 133.157 -0.761
202503 -1.358 134.927 -1.358

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.


Workiva  (NYSE:WK) 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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Workiva Business Description

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Address
2900 University Boulevard, Ames, IA, USA, 50010
Workiva Inc is a cloud-native platform that simplifies the complexities of reporting and compliance. Workiva platform empowers customers by connecting and transforming data from hundreds of enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM), and customer relationship management (CRM) systems, as well as other third-party cloud and on-premise applications. Customers use the platform to create, review and publish data-linked documents and reports with greater control, consistency, accuracy, and productivity and it is also used for SEC Filings. Company's Geographical region consist of USA, Netherland, UK, and Others. Majority of revenue is from USA.
Executives
Robert H Herz director C/O FANNIE MAE, 1100 15TH STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Michael D. Hawkins officer: EVP, Sales 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD., AMES IA 50010
Brandon Ziegler officer: Senior Vice President, other: Gen Counsel & Corp. Secretary C/O WORKIVA INC., 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD., AMES IA 50010
Jill Klindt officer: VP & CAO 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD, AMES IA 50010
Suku V Radia director 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD., AMES IA 50010
Martin J Vanderploeg director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & COO 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD., AMES IA 50010
Junko Swain officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD., AMES IA 50010
Michael M Crow director 20 W. 9TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Brigid A Bonner director C/O ANALYSTS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, 3601 WEST 76TH STREET, EDINA MN 55435
Mithun Banarjee officer: EVP, Global Client Services 2900 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, AMES IA 50010
Jeff D Trom 10 percent owner, officer: Executive VP & CTO 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD., AMES IA 50010
Julie Iskow officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer 2900 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, AMES X1 50010
J Stuart Miller officer: Executive VP, Treasurer & CFO 2900 UNIVERSITY BLVD., AMES IA 50010
Eugene S Katz director 8 GOLDSBOROUGH ST., EASTON MD 21601
Troy M. Calkins officer: Executive VP, Secretary & GC 55 WEST MONROE, SUITE 3150, CHICAGO IL 60603