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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.56 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Fuel Tech Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-29), Fuel Tech's current share price is $1.24. Fuel Tech's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.22. Fuel Tech's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.56.

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

FTEK' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13   Med: 0.49   Max: 3.05
Current: 0.56

During the past years, Fuel Tech's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.05. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.49.

FTEK's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
87.3% of 2000 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.765 vs FTEK: 0.56

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.

Fuel Tech's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.439. 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 $2.22 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Fuel Tech Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fuel Tech'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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Fuel Tech Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Fuel Tech 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 0.31 1.40 0.52 0.51 0.47

Fuel Tech 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 0.51 0.52 0.55 0.51 0.47

Competitive Comparison of Fuel Tech's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Fuel Tech'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.


Fuel Tech's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Fuel Tech's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fuel Tech 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.

Fuel Tech's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=1.24/2.22
=0.56

* 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.

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

For example, Fuel Tech'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)
=1.439/129.4194*129.4194
=1.439

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Fuel Tech Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 3.834 99.695 4.977
201406 3.842 100.560 4.945
201409 3.908 100.428 5.036
201412 3.163 99.070 4.132
201503 3.044 99.621 3.955
201506 2.952 100.684 3.795
201509 2.933 100.392 3.781
201512 2.546 99.792 3.302
201603 2.454 100.470 3.161
201606 2.341 101.688 2.979
201609 2.235 101.861 2.840
201612 1.851 101.863 2.352
201703 1.741 102.862 2.190
201706 1.468 103.349 1.838
201709 1.461 104.136 1.816
201712 1.416 104.011 1.762
201803 1.435 105.290 1.764
201806 1.341 106.317 1.632
201809 1.378 106.507 1.674
201812 1.409 105.998 1.720
201903 1.364 107.251 1.646
201906 1.328 108.070 1.590
201909 1.267 108.329 1.514
201912 1.064 108.420 1.270
202003 0.952 108.902 1.131
202006 0.855 108.767 1.017
202009 0.965 109.815 1.137
202012 0.885 109.897 1.042
202103 1.537 111.754 1.780
202106 1.517 114.631 1.713
202109 1.535 115.734 1.717
202112 1.527 117.630 1.680
202203 1.490 121.301 1.590
202206 1.472 125.017 1.524
202209 1.480 125.227 1.530
202212 1.480 125.222 1.530
202303 1.472 127.348 1.496
202306 1.437 128.729 1.445
202309 1.451 129.860 1.446
202312 1.439 129.419 1.439

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.


Fuel Tech  (NAS:FTEK) 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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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) Business Description

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Address
27601 Bella Vista Parkway, Warrenville, IL, USA, 60555-1617
Fuel Tech Inc is an technology provider of boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction to utility and industrial customers. The company operates in two segments, Air Pollution Control and Fuel Chem. The Air Pollution Control technology segment includes technologies to reduce NOx emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces and other stationary combustion sources. TheFuel Chem technology segment uses chemical processes in combination with advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics and Chemical Kinetics Modeling boiler modeling for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and other sulfur trioxide-related issues in furnaces and boilers through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI Targeted In-Furnace Injection technology.
Executives
Vincent J Arnone officer: Executive Vice President
Bettye J Bailey 10 percent owner C/O WHITMAN BREED ABBOTT & MORGAN LLC, 9 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, GREENWICH CT 06831
Ellen T Albrecht officer: Acting PFO and Treasurer C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Dennis L Zeitler director P.O. BOX 426, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
James J Markowsky director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Douglas G Bailey director, officer: President, CEO & Chairman
Cummings William E Jr officer: Senior Vice President, Sales C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
James M Pach officer: Acting PFO & Treasurer 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Sharon L Jones director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
David S Collins officer: Sr. Vice President C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
W Grant Gregory director C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, 1 STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Delbert L Williamson director C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Miguel Espinosa director
George F Maccormack director PEPCO HOLDINGS, INC., 701 NINTH STREET, NW, SUITE 1300, WASHINGTON DC 20068
Thomas S Shaw director C/O CONECTIV, 800 KING ST PO BOX 231, WILMINGTON DE 19899