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BioLife Solutions (BioLife Solutions) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.86 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is BioLife Solutions Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-16), BioLife Solutions's current share price is $21.86. BioLife Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4.50. BioLife Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.86.

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

BLFS' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.28   Med: 7.77   Max: 242.89
Current: 5.11

During the past years, BioLife Solutions's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 242.89. The lowest was 2.28. And the median was 7.77.

BLFS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
78.76% of 466 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 2.2 vs BLFS: 5.11

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.

BioLife Solutions's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $7.297. 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 $4.50 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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BioLife Solutions Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for BioLife Solutions'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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BioLife Solutions Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

BioLife Solutions 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 - 100.96 21.64 5.82 3.73

BioLife Solutions Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 6.27 5.83 3.37 3.73 4.12

Competitive Comparison of BioLife Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, BioLife Solutions'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.


BioLife Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, BioLife Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



BioLife Solutions 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.

BioLife Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=21.86/4.5
=4.86

* 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.

BioLife Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, BioLife Solutions's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=7.297/131.7762*131.7762
=7.297

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

BioLife Solutions Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 1.114 100.560 1.460
201409 1.051 100.428 1.379
201412 0.977 99.070 1.300
201503 0.895 99.621 1.184
201506 0.825 100.684 1.080
201509 0.752 100.392 0.987
201512 0.683 99.792 0.902
201603 0.595 100.470 0.780
201606 0.541 101.688 0.701
201609 0.483 101.861 0.625
201612 0.246 101.863 0.318
201703 0.215 102.862 0.275
201706 0.516 103.349 0.658
201709 0.541 104.136 0.685
201712 0.720 104.011 0.912
201803 0.740 105.290 0.926
201806 1.220 106.317 1.512
201809 2.409 106.507 2.981
201812 0.789 105.998 0.981
201903 2.370 107.251 2.912
201906 2.448 108.070 2.985
201909 3.783 108.329 4.602
201912 2.087 108.420 2.537
202003 3.202 108.902 3.875
202006 4.074 108.767 4.936
202009 5.815 109.815 6.978
202012 6.212 109.897 7.449
202103 6.207 111.754 7.319
202106 11.151 114.631 12.819
202109 11.805 115.734 13.441
202112 11.432 117.630 12.807
202203 11.304 121.301 12.280
202206 9.693 125.017 10.217
202209 9.560 125.227 10.060
202212 8.503 125.222 8.948
202303 8.272 127.348 8.560
202306 8.106 128.729 8.298
202309 7.575 129.860 7.687
202312 7.476 129.419 7.612
202403 7.297 131.776 7.297

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.


BioLife Solutions  (NAS:BLFS) 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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BioLife Solutions (BioLife Solutions) Business Description

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Address
3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 310, Bothell, WA, USA, 98021
BioLife Solutions Inc is active in the healthcare segment. The company is engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a portfolio of biopreservation tools and services for cells, tissues and organs, including clinical grade cell and tissue hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media and a related cloud, hosted biologistics cold chain management application for shippers. The company's product offerings include hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media products for cells, tissues, and organs.
Executives
Geraint Phillips officer: SVP, Global Operations 3303 MONTE VILLA, #310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Sarah Aebersold officer: VP, Global Human Resources BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC., 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, BOTHELL WA 98021
Troy Wichterman officer: Chief Financial Officer 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, BOTHELL WA 98021
Greef Roderick De director
Aby J. Mathew officer: Chief Tech. Officer & Sr. VP 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, #310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Todd Berard officer: Vice President, Marketing 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, SUITE 310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Karen A. Foster officer: Vice President of Operations C/O BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC., 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, SUITE 310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Michael Rice director, officer: President & CEO C/O BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC., 171 FRONT STREET, OWEGO NY 13827
Casdin Partners Master Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner WALKER HOUSE, 87 MARY STREET, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-9001
Garrie Richardson officer: Chief Revenue Officer 3303 MONTE VILA PARKWAY, BOTHELL WA 98021
Marcus Schulz officer: Vice President, Global Sales 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, SUITE 310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Joseph C Schick director 16719 NE 139TH PLACE, WOODINVILLE WA 98072
Amy Duross director 8410 GOLDEN BEAR PLACE, WHISTLER A1 V8E 1J7
Timothy L. Moore director C/O KITE PHARMA, INC., 2225 COLORADO AVE., SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Joydeep Goswami director SUMITOMO FUDOSAN MITA TWIN BLDG, EAST WING 4-2-8 SHIBAURA MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 1080023

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