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Comtex News Network (Comtex News Network) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Comtex News Network Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

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Comtex News Network Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Comtex News Network's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

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Comtex News Network Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Comtex News Network's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Publishing subindustry, Comtex News Network'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.


Comtex News Network's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Comtex News Network's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Comtex News Network's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Comtex News Network 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.

Comtex News Network's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2010 is calculated as:

For example, Comtex News Network's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2010 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2010 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2010)
=118.813/91.8208*91.8208
=118.813

Current CPI (Mar. 2010) = 91.8208.

Comtex News Network Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
200006 305.077 72.737 385.117
200009 297.214 73.286 372.383
200012 308.929 73.413 386.393
200103 331.231 74.341 409.115
200106 253.667 75.100 310.145
200109 266.462 75.227 325.240
200112 246.000 74.552 302.984
200203 241.833 75.438 294.353
200206 206.462 75.902 249.764
200209 187.000 76.366 224.845
200212 186.923 76.324 224.877
200303 175.923 77.716 207.852
200306 163.000 77.505 193.107
200309 155.214 78.138 182.394
200312 143.857 77.758 169.874
200403 140.143 79.066 162.750
200406 144.000 80.037 165.202
200409 132.467 80.121 151.811
200412 139.067 80.290 159.040
200503 128.467 81.555 144.637
200506 109.444 82.062 122.460
200509 133.067 83.876 145.672
200512 138.071 83.032 152.686
200603 140.500 84.298 153.039
200606 127.214 85.606 136.450
200609 116.733 85.606 125.208
200612 121.357 85.142 130.877
200703 128.286 86.640 135.957
200706 121.533 87.906 126.945
200709 123.733 87.964 129.158
200712 120.000 88.616 124.339
200803 118.000 90.090 120.267
200806 102.813 92.320 102.257
200809 103.875 92.307 103.328
200812 110.200 88.697 114.081
200903 99.467 89.744 101.769
200906 99.563 91.003 100.458
200909 113.313 91.120 114.185
200912 112.000 91.111 112.872
201003 118.813 91.821 118.813

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.


Comtex News Network  (OTCPK:CMTX) 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.


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Comtex News Network (Comtex News Network) Business Description

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Address
295 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Comtex News Network Inc is a provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and SmarTrend(r) market products. It receives, enhances, combines and filters news and content received from national and international news bureaus, agencies and publications, and distributes more than one million total stories per day.
Executives
Chip Brian officer: President and COO 625 N WASHINGTON STREET STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Tepco Corp 10 percent owner 25 CHURCH STREET THE CONTINENTAL BUILDING HAMILTON D0 HM 12
C W Gilluly director, officer: Interim C.E.O. 625 N. WASHINGTON ST. STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314

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