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AUO (AUOTY) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.59 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is AUO Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), AUO's current share price is $5.59. AUO's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.41. AUO's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.59.

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

AUOTY' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 0.5   Max: 1.59
Current: 0.63

During the past years, AUO's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.59. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.50.

AUOTY's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
82.76% of 1833 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.57 vs AUOTY: 0.63

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.

AUO's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.642. 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 $9.41 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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AUO Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

AUO 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 0.45 0.67 1.06 0.53 0.63

AUO 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 0.53 0.64 0.64 0.57 0.63

Competitive Comparison of AUO's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, AUO'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.


AUO's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



AUO 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=5.59/9.41
=0.59

* 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.

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

For example, AUO'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)
=6.642/129.4194*129.4194
=6.642

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

AUO Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 7.040 99.695 9.139
201406 7.218 100.560 9.290
201409 7.535 100.428 9.710
201412 6.407 99.070 8.370
201503 7.671 99.621 9.966
201506 7.778 100.684 9.998
201509 7.589 100.392 9.783
201512 6.259 99.792 8.117
201603 6.994 100.470 9.009
201606 6.867 101.688 8.740
201609 7.147 101.861 9.081
201612 6.431 101.863 8.171
201703 7.975 102.862 10.034
201706 8.344 103.349 10.449
201709 8.788 104.136 10.922
201712 8.488 104.011 10.561
201803 9.484 105.290 11.658
201806 8.629 106.317 10.504
201809 8.550 106.507 10.389
201812 8.159 105.998 9.962
201903 8.411 107.251 10.150
201906 7.977 108.070 9.553
201909 7.873 108.329 9.406
201912 7.683 108.420 9.171
202003 7.386 108.902 8.778
202006 7.379 108.767 8.780
202009 7.659 109.815 9.026
202012 8.529 109.897 10.044
202103 8.893 111.754 10.299
202106 9.932 114.631 11.213
202109 10.826 115.734 12.106
202112 10.911 117.630 12.005
202203 10.552 121.301 11.258
202206 9.840 125.017 10.187
202209 8.213 125.227 8.488
202212 7.899 125.222 8.164
202303 7.226 127.348 7.344
202306 6.879 128.729 6.916
202309 6.629 129.860 6.607
202312 6.642 129.419 6.642

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.


AUO  (OTCPK:AUOTY) 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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AUO (AUOTY) Business Description

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No. 1, Li-Hsin Road 2, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, TWN, 300094
AUO Corp is a Taiwan-based company that manufactures & distributes thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal-display (TFT-LCD) panels to original equipment manufacturers. The display segment generally is engaged in the research, development, design, manufacturing, & sale of flat panel displays. The energy segment mainly is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sale of ingots, solar wafers, and solar modules, as well as providing technical engineering services and maintenance services for solar system projects AU Optronics has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, Japan, and Malaysia. It operates in two segments - The display segment & energy segment, the majority is derived from the Display segment. Geographically, the majority is from the PRC (including Hong Kong).

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