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ALS (CPBLF) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.36 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is ALS Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), ALS's current share price is $8.51. ALS's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was $1.95. ALS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.36.

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

CPBLF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.54   Med: 3.33   Max: 6.31
Current: 4.5

During the past 13 years, ALS's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 6.31. The lowest was 1.54. And the median was 3.33.

CPBLF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
81.73% of 646 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.53 vs CPBLF: 4.50

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.

ALS's adjusted book value per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was $1.885. 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 $1.95 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar23.

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ALS Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

ALS Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.83 2.03 3.56 4.83 4.25

ALS Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - 4.83 - 4.25 -

Competitive Comparison of ALS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Consulting Services subindustry, ALS'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.


ALS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, ALS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



ALS 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=8.51/1.95
=4.36

* 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.

ALS's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 is calculated as:

For example, ALS's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar23 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar23)
=1.885/123.1484*123.1484
=1.885

Current CPI (Mar23) = 123.1484.

ALS Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 3.057 97.887 3.846
201503 2.171 99.187 2.695
201603 1.751 100.488 2.146
201703 1.777 102.624 2.132
201803 1.762 104.574 2.075
201903 1.595 105.967 1.854
202003 1.418 108.289 1.613
202103 1.708 109.496 1.921
202203 1.708 115.069 1.828
202303 1.885 123.148 1.885

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.


ALS  (OTCPK:CPBLF) 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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ALS (CPBLF) Business Description

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Address
299 Coronation Drive, Level 2, Milton, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4064
Founded in the 1880s and listing on the ASX in 1952, ALS operates three divisions: commodities, life sciences, and industrial. ALS commodities traditionally generated the majority of underlying earnings, providing geochemistry, metallurgy, inspection and mine site services for the global mining industry. Expansion into environmental, pharmaceutical and food testing areas and commodity price weakness have lessened earnings exposure to commodities.

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