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Artesian Resources (Artesian Resources) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.75 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Artesian Resources Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Artesian Resources's current share price is $33.50. Artesian Resources's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $19.19. Artesian Resources's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.75.

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

ARTNB' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.55   Med: 2.32   Max: 3.26
Current: 1.73

During the past years, Artesian Resources's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.26. The lowest was 1.55. And the median was 2.32.

ARTNB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
61.59% of 440 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.39 vs ARTNB: 1.73

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.

Artesian Resources's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $22.400. 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 $19.19 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Artesian Resources Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Artesian Resources'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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Artesian Resources Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Artesian Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 2.31 2.65 3.10 2.08

Artesian Resources Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.10 2.87 2.41 2.11 2.08

Competitive Comparison of Artesian Resources's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Artesian Resources'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.


Artesian Resources's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Artesian Resources's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Artesian Resources 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.

Artesian Resources's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=33.50/19.19
=1.75

* 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.

Artesian Resources's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Artesian Resources's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=22.4/129.4194*129.4194
=22.400

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Artesian Resources Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 13.851 99.695 17.981
201406 13.883 100.560 17.867
201409 13.839 100.428 17.834
201412 14.094 99.070 18.412
201503 13.955 99.621 18.129
201506 14.326 100.684 18.415
201509 14.352 100.392 18.502
201512 14.610 99.792 18.948
201603 14.718 100.470 18.959
201606 14.867 101.688 18.921
201609 14.908 101.861 18.941
201612 15.231 101.863 19.351
201703 15.361 102.862 19.327
201706 15.514 103.349 19.427
201709 15.727 104.136 19.545
201712 15.914 104.011 19.802
201803 16.078 105.290 19.763
201806 16.034 106.317 19.518
201809 16.233 106.507 19.725
201812 16.567 105.998 20.228
201903 16.728 107.251 20.186
201906 16.652 108.070 19.942
201909 16.900 108.329 20.190
201912 17.249 108.420 20.590
202003 17.488 108.902 20.783
202006 17.455 108.767 20.769
202009 17.702 109.815 20.862
202012 18.107 109.897 21.324
202103 18.316 111.754 21.211
202106 18.282 114.631 20.640
202109 18.568 115.734 20.764
202112 18.909 117.630 20.804
202203 19.130 121.301 20.410
202206 19.125 125.017 19.799
202209 19.795 125.227 20.458
202212 19.776 125.222 20.439
202303 19.900 127.348 20.224
202306 22.057 128.729 22.175
202309 22.278 129.860 22.202
202312 22.400 129.419 22.400

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.


Artesian Resources  (OTCPK:ARTNB) 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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Artesian Resources (Artesian Resources) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
664 Churchmans Road, Newark, DE, USA, 19702
Artesian Resources Corp operates as the holding company of eight wholly-owned subsidiaries offering water, wastewater, and other services on the Delmarva Peninsula. It distributes and sells water, including water for public and private fire protection, to residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, and utility customers in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The company is focusing on a wide spectrum of activities, which include identifying new and dependable sources of water supply; developing wells, treatment plants and delivery systems to get water to customers.