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Spok Holdings (Spok Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.06 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Spok Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Spok Holdings's current share price is $15.86. Spok Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.98. Spok Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.06.

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

SPOK' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.06   Max: 1.77
Current: 1.06

During the past years, Spok Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.77. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.06.

SPOK's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
70.63% of 303 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 1.94 vs SPOK: 1.06

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.

Spok Holdings's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.192. 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 $14.98 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Spok Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spok Holdings'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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Spok Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Spok Holdings 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 0.89 0.78 0.62 0.54 1.03

Spok Holdings 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 0.54 0.66 0.87 0.94 1.03

Competitive Comparison of Spok Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Spok Holdings'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.


Spok Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Spok Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Spok Holdings 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.

Spok Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=15.86/14.98
=1.06

* 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.

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

For example, Spok Holdings'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)
=8.192/129.4194*129.4194
=8.192

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Spok Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 12.612 99.695 16.372
201406 12.710 100.560 16.358
201409 12.838 100.428 16.544
201412 12.697 99.070 16.587
201503 12.707 99.621 16.508
201506 12.723 100.684 16.354
201509 12.726 100.392 16.406
201512 15.779 99.792 20.464
201603 16.021 100.470 20.637
201606 16.092 101.688 20.480
201609 16.192 101.861 20.573
201612 15.692 101.863 19.937
201703 15.655 102.862 19.697
201706 15.597 103.349 19.531
201709 15.686 104.136 19.495
201712 14.429 104.011 17.954
201803 14.594 105.290 17.939
201806 14.444 106.317 17.583
201809 14.351 106.507 17.438
201812 14.160 105.998 17.289
201903 14.087 107.251 16.999
201906 13.968 108.070 16.727
201909 13.852 108.329 16.549
201912 13.113 108.420 15.653
202003 12.782 108.902 15.190
202006 12.914 108.767 15.366
202009 13.018 109.815 15.342
202012 10.349 109.897 12.187
202103 10.173 111.754 11.781
202106 10.051 114.631 11.348
202109 9.842 115.734 11.006
202112 8.760 117.630 9.638
202203 8.119 121.301 8.662
202206 7.931 125.017 8.210
202209 7.872 125.227 8.136
202212 8.522 125.222 8.808
202303 8.442 127.348 8.579
202306 8.346 128.729 8.391
202309 8.287 129.860 8.259
202312 8.192 129.419 8.192

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.


Spok Holdings  (NAS:SPOK) 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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Spok Holdings (Spok Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5911 Kingstown Village Parkway, 6th Floor, Alexandria, VA, USA, 22315
Spok Holdings Inc is a provider of healthcare communications. It reports three market segments namely Healthcare, Government, and Large enterprise. The company provides paging services and software solutions in the United States and abroad.
Executives
Vincent D Kelly director, officer: President & CEO C/O RENTON MEDIA INC, 1300 EAST NINTH ST, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Sharon Woods-keisling officer: Corporate Secretary, Treasurer 6677 RICHMOND HIGHWAY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Michael W Wallace officer: Chief Financial Officer SAWGRASS CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL PARK, 14000 NW 4TH ST, SUNRISE FL 33325
Calvin Rice officer: Controller C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Todd J Stein director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Barbara Peterson Byrne director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22315
Randy Hyun director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 5911 KINGSTOWNE VILLAGE PARKWAY 6TH FLR, ALEXANDRIA VA 22315
Matthew Oristano director C/O ARCH WIRELESS INC, 1800 WEST PARK DR. #250, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Brian Oreilly director C/O METROCALL, 6677 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Christine Cournoyer director 150 SHAW ROAD, CHESTNUT MA 02467
Brett A Shockley director 7125 NORTHLAND TERRACE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55428
Royce Yudkoff director C/O METROCALL, 6677 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Stacia Hylton director 6850 VERSAR CENTER STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Tom Saine officer: Chief Technology Officer 6677 RICHMOND HIGHWAY, ALEXANDIRA VA 22306
Ted Peterman officer: Controller C/O SPōK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151