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American Pacific (FRA:ACQ) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is American Pacific 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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American Pacific Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

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

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American Pacific Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of American Pacific's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, American Pacific'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.


American Pacific's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, American Pacific's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



American Pacific 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.

American Pacific's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as:

For example, American Pacific's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Sep. 2013 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep. 2013)
=5.328/98.7900*98.7900
=5.328

Current CPI (Sep. 2013) = 98.7900.

American Pacific Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
200312 0.000 77.758 0.000
200403 0.000 79.066 0.000
200406 0.000 80.037 0.000
200409 0.000 80.121 0.000
200412 0.000 80.290 0.000
200503 1.919 81.555 2.325
200506 1.419 82.062 1.708
200509 2.932 83.876 3.453
200512 1.904 83.032 2.265
200603 4.530 84.298 5.309
200606 4.638 85.606 5.352
200609 4.610 85.606 5.320
200612 3.619 85.142 4.199
200703 4.510 86.640 5.142
200706 4.464 87.906 5.017
200709 6.082 87.964 6.831
200712 4.415 88.616 4.922
200803 4.267 90.090 4.679
200806 3.237 92.320 3.464
200809 6.796 92.307 7.273
200812 4.627 88.697 5.153
200903 5.924 89.744 6.521
200906 3.081 91.003 3.345
200909 5.978 91.120 6.481
200912 3.202 91.111 3.472
201003 5.806 91.821 6.247
201006 4.067 91.962 4.369
201009 0.802 92.162 0.860
201012 3.545 92.474 3.787
201103 3.973 94.283 4.163
201106 3.856 95.235 4.000
201109 6.539 95.727 6.748
201112 3.838 95.213 3.982
201203 3.958 96.783 4.040
201206 5.995 96.819 6.117
201209 4.968 97.633 5.027
201212 3.514 96.871 3.584
201303 4.806 98.209 4.834
201306 6.480 98.518 6.498
201309 5.328 98.790 5.328

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.


American Pacific  (FRA:ACQ) 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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American Pacific (FRA:ACQ) Business Description

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American Pacific Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in December 1980. The Company is a custom manufacturer of fine chemicals, specialty chemicals and propulsion products. It supplies active pharmaceutical ingredients and registered intermediates to the pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical ingredients it manufacture are used by its customers in drugs with indications in three primary areas: anti-viral, oncology, and central nervous system. Its customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as emerging pharmaceutical companies. Its continuing operations comprise three reportable business segments: Fine Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, and Other Businesses. The Fine Chemicals segment is operated through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC and AMPAC Fine Chemicals Texas, LLC. Specialty Chemicals segment is principally engaged in the production of perchlorates, which include several grades of ammonium perchlorate, sodium perchlorate and potassium perchlorate. In addition, it produce and sell sodium azide, a chemical primarily used in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and Halotron, a series of clean fire extinguishing agents used in fire extinguishing products ranging from portable fire extinguishers to total flooding systems. For the aerospace and defense industry, it provides specialty chemicals used in solid rocket motors for space launch and military missiles. Other Businesses segment contains its water treatment equipment division and real estate activities PEPCON Systems, an operating division of the Company, is a manufacturer and supplier of On-Site Hypochlorite Generation systems.The Company design, manufacture and service equipment used to purify water or air in municipal, industrial and power generation applications. The systems are marketed under the ChlorMaster and Odormaster names. The main competing product to Halotron I is FE36 manufactured by DuPont. The Company's operations are subject to extensive federal, state and local regulations governing, among other things, emissions to air, discharges to water and waste management.

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