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Unitil (Unitil) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.75 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Unitil Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Unitil's current share price is $49.94. Unitil's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $28.46. Unitil's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.75.

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

UTL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.45   Med: 2.01   Max: 2.98
Current: 1.75

During the past years, Unitil's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.98. The lowest was 1.45. And the median was 2.01.

UTL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
62.5% of 440 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.39 vs UTL: 1.75

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.

Unitil's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $30.347. 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 $28.46 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Unitil Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Unitil 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 2.84 1.96 1.85 1.90 1.85

Unitil 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 1.90 2.07 1.81 1.50 1.85

Competitive Comparison of Unitil's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Unitil'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.


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

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

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



Unitil 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=49.94/28.46
=1.75

* 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.

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

For example, Unitil'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)
=30.347/129.4194*129.4194
=30.347

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Unitil Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 19.717 99.695 25.596
201406 19.474 100.560 25.063
201409 19.249 100.428 24.806
201412 19.625 99.070 25.637
201503 20.270 99.621 26.333
201506 20.058 100.684 25.783
201509 19.846 100.392 25.584
201512 20.198 99.792 26.195
201603 20.643 100.470 26.591
201606 20.488 101.688 26.075
201609 20.405 101.861 25.926
201612 20.824 101.863 26.457
201703 21.378 102.862 26.897
201706 21.269 103.349 26.634
201709 21.112 104.136 26.238
201712 22.719 104.011 28.269
201803 23.445 105.290 28.818
201806 23.341 106.317 28.413
201809 23.185 106.507 28.173
201812 23.600 105.998 28.815
201903 25.054 107.251 30.233
201906 24.985 108.070 29.921
201909 24.776 108.329 29.599
201912 25.224 108.420 30.109
202003 25.910 108.902 30.792
202006 25.707 108.767 30.588
202009 25.363 109.815 29.891
202012 25.912 109.897 30.515
202103 26.799 111.754 31.035
202106 26.624 114.631 30.059
202109 27.511 115.734 30.764
202112 28.058 117.630 30.870
202203 29.032 121.301 30.975
202206 28.944 125.017 29.963
202209 28.593 125.227 29.550
202212 29.133 125.222 30.110
202303 30.225 127.348 30.717
202306 30.091 128.729 30.252
202309 29.794 129.860 29.693
202312 30.347 129.419 30.347

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.


Unitil  (NYSE:UTL) 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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Unitil (Unitil) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
6 Liberty Lane West, Hampton, NH, USA, 03842-1720
Unitil Corp is a holding company, through its subsidiaries it is engaged in the local distribution of electricity and natural gas throughout its service territories in the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. It reports three segments namely utility gas operations, utility electric operations, and non-regulated.
Executives
Todd R Diggins officer: Controller and CAO 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Anne L. Alonzo director 601 WEST FIRST AVENUE, SUITE 1600, SPOKANE WA 99201
Neveen F Awad director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Justin Eisfeller officer: VP, IT & CTO 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Todd R Black officer: SR. VICE PRESIDENT 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Robert B Hevert officer: Senior Vice President 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Meissner Thomas P Jr officer: Sr. Vice President 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Daniel J Hurstak officer: Controller 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Winfield S Brown director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Justine Vogel director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03857
Suzanne Foster director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Christine L Vaughan officer: SVP, Fin. & Regulatory Svcs 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Christopher J Leblanc officer: Vice President 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Elfner Albert H Iii director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
David P Brownell director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842

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