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The AES (STU:AES) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.41 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is The AES Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), The AES's current share price is €15.868. The AES's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €4.65. The AES's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.41.

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

STU:AES' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29   Med: 2.37   Max: 5.08
Current: 3.35

During the past years, The AES's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.08. The lowest was 1.29. And the median was 2.37.

STU:AES's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
84.55% of 440 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.39 vs STU:AES: 3.35

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.

The AES's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.259. 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 €4.65 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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The AES Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

The AES 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 3.03 3.90 4.22 5.21 3.75

The AES 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 5.21 4.40 3.85 2.87 3.75

Competitive Comparison of The AES's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, The AES'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.


The AES's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, The AES's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



The AES 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.

The AES's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=15.868/4.65
=3.41

* 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.

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

For example, The AES'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)
=2.259/129.4194*129.4194
=2.259

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

The AES Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 4.180 99.695 5.426
201406 4.285 100.560 5.515
201409 4.766 100.428 6.142
201412 4.922 99.070 6.430
201503 5.287 99.621 6.868
201506 5.044 100.684 6.484
201509 4.712 100.392 6.074
201512 4.335 99.792 5.622
201603 4.362 100.470 5.619
201606 3.736 101.688 4.755
201609 3.896 101.861 4.950
201612 4.018 101.863 5.105
201703 4.237 102.862 5.331
201706 4.073 103.349 5.100
201709 4.048 104.136 5.031
201712 3.154 104.011 3.924
201803 3.915 105.290 4.812
201806 4.282 106.317 5.212
201809 4.277 106.507 5.197
201812 4.258 105.998 5.199
201903 4.312 107.251 5.203
201906 4.277 108.070 5.122
201909 4.295 108.329 5.131
201912 4.061 108.420 4.848
202003 3.456 108.902 4.107
202006 3.288 108.767 3.912
202009 2.558 109.815 3.015
202012 3.254 109.897 3.832
202103 2.943 111.754 3.408
202106 2.768 114.631 3.125
202109 3.110 115.734 3.478
202112 2.601 117.630 2.862
202203 2.999 121.301 3.200
202206 3.055 125.017 3.163
202209 3.888 125.227 4.018
202212 2.257 125.222 2.333
202303 2.127 127.348 2.162
202306 2.281 128.729 2.293
202309 2.716 129.860 2.707
202312 2.259 129.419 2.259

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.


The AES  (STU:AES) 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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The AES (STU:AES) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4300 Wilson Boulevard, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203
AES is a global power company. Its current generation portfolio as of year-end 2022 consists of over 32 gigawatts of generation including renewable energy (46%), gas (32%), coal (20%), and oil (2%). AES has majority ownership and operates six electric utilities distributing power to 2.6 million customers.

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