ACAGF (Arcandor AG) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio: (As of Sep. 22, 2026)

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What is Arcandor AG Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

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

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Arcandor AG  (OTCPK:ACAGF) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


Arcandor AG Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Related Terms


Arcandor AG Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Arcandor AG's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

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Arcandor AG Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Arcandor AG Annual Data
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ACAGF vs : Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Comparison

For the Department Stores subindustry, Arcandor AG's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS 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.


Arcandor AG Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Arcandor AG's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arcandor AG's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Arcandor AG Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS 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 PS Ratio.

Arcandor AG's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Sep08 is calculated as:

For example, Arcandor AG's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Sep08 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Sep08 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep08)
=130.701/92.4524*92.4524
=130.701

Current CPI (Sep08) = 92.4524.

Arcandor AG Annual Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
199912 108.832 79.298 126.885
200012 96.707 80.884 110.538
200112 98.994 82.190 111.354
200212 104.477 83.123 116.203
200312 130.913 84.056 143.990
200412 192.631 85.922 207.272
200512 85.334 87.135 90.542
200612 75.353 88.348 78.854
200709 122.467 89.934 125.897
200809 130.701 92.452 130.701

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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.


Arcandor AG Business Description

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Address Arcandor AG, Theodor-althoff-strac E 2, Essen, DEU, 45133
Arcandor AG is in insolvency. Arcandor was a German handels and tourism company, with the divisions Karstadt, mail-order operation (Primondo) and Thomas Cook.