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Microsoft (NEOE:MSFT) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 22.39 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Microsoft Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Microsoft's current share price is C$30.00. Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$1.34. Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 22.39.

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

NEOE:MSFT' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.14   Med: 11.9   Max: 26.78
Current: 22.46

During the past years, Microsoft's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 26.78. The lowest was 5.14. And the median was 11.90.

NEOE:MSFT's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
96.12% of 1288 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.495 vs NEOE:MSFT: 22.46

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.

Microsoft's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$2.811. 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 C$1.34 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Microsoft Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Microsoft Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Microsoft 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 17.96 20.50 18.38 21.39 23.26

Competitive Comparison of Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Microsoft'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.


Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Microsoft 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=30.00/1.34
=22.39

* 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.

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

For example, Microsoft'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)
=2.811/129.4194*129.4194
=2.811

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Microsoft Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 0.720 100.560 0.927
201409 0.733 100.428 0.945
201412 0.786 99.070 1.027
201503 0.855 99.621 1.111
201506 0.752 100.684 0.967
201509 0.784 100.392 1.011
201512 0.810 99.792 1.050
201603 0.767 100.470 0.988
201606 0.725 101.688 0.923
201609 0.723 101.861 0.919
201612 0.724 101.863 0.920
201703 0.737 102.862 0.927
201706 0.923 103.349 1.156
201709 0.869 104.136 1.080
201712 0.792 104.011 0.985
201803 0.813 105.290 0.999
201806 0.862 106.317 1.049
201809 0.890 106.507 1.081
201812 0.982 105.998 1.199
201903 1.009 107.251 1.218
201906 1.085 108.070 1.299
201909 1.122 108.329 1.340
201912 1.162 108.420 1.387
202003 1.284 108.902 1.526
202006 1.291 108.767 1.536
202009 1.316 109.815 1.551
202012 1.348 109.897 1.587
202103 1.368 111.754 1.584
202106 1.407 114.631 1.589
202109 1.564 115.734 1.749
202112 1.665 117.630 1.832
202203 1.681 121.301 1.794
202206 1.742 125.017 1.803
202209 1.893 125.227 1.956
202212 2.037 125.222 2.105
202303 2.184 127.348 2.220
202306 2.248 128.729 2.260
202309 2.451 129.860 2.443
202312 2.623 129.419 2.623
202403 2.811 129.419 2.811

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.


Microsoft  (NEOE:MSFT) 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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Microsoft (NEOE:MSFT) Business Description

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Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).