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Albemarle (WBO:ALBE) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.47 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Albemarle's current share price is €108.46. Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €43.94. Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.47.

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

WBO:ALBE' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.91   Med: 4.34   Max: 8.46
Current: 2.49

During the past years, Albemarle's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 8.46. The lowest was 1.91. And the median was 4.34.

WBO:ALBE's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
65.36% of 1048 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.57 vs WBO:ALBE: 2.49

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.

Albemarle's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €73.545. 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 €43.94 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Albemarle Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Albemarle 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 5.44 5.28 5.09 3.72 3.08

Competitive Comparison of Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Albemarle'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.


Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Albemarle 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=108.46/43.94
=2.47

* 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.

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

For example, Albemarle'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)
=73.545/129.4194*129.4194
=73.545

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Albemarle Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 14.586 99.695 18.935
201406 14.140 100.560 18.198
201409 14.447 100.428 18.618
201412 14.129 99.070 18.457
201503 25.610 99.621 33.270
201506 25.247 100.684 32.453
201509 24.970 100.392 32.190
201512 26.622 99.792 34.526
201603 28.311 100.470 36.468
201606 24.997 101.688 31.814
201609 26.136 101.861 33.207
201612 31.973 101.863 40.623
201703 30.710 102.862 38.639
201706 30.321 103.349 37.970
201709 29.604 104.136 36.792
201712 28.088 104.011 34.949
201803 27.827 105.290 34.204
201806 29.156 106.317 35.492
201809 28.480 106.507 34.607
201812 29.839 105.998 36.432
201903 30.674 107.251 37.014
201906 31.742 108.070 38.013
201909 32.855 108.329 39.251
201912 33.374 108.420 39.838
202003 33.010 108.902 39.229
202006 33.608 108.767 39.989
202009 32.896 109.815 38.769
202012 32.838 109.897 38.672
202103 41.356 111.754 47.893
202106 43.759 114.631 49.404
202109 41.376 115.734 46.269
202112 42.545 117.630 46.809
202203 45.175 121.301 48.198
202206 49.151 125.017 50.882
202209 58.047 125.227 59.991
202212 64.314 125.222 66.470
202303 73.357 127.348 74.550
202306 77.208 128.729 77.622
202309 79.029 129.860 78.761
202312 73.545 129.419 73.545

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.


Albemarle  (WBO:ALBE) 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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Albemarle (WBO:ALBE) Business Description

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4250 Congress Street, Suite 900, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28209
Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers. In the lithium industry, the majority of demand comes from batteries, where lithium is used as the energy storage material, particularly in electric vehicles. Albemarle is a fully integrated lithium producer. Its upstream resources include salt brine deposits in Chile and the U.S. and two hard rock mines in Australia, both of which are joint ventures. The company operates lithium refining plants in Chile, the U.S., Australia, and China. Albemarle is a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants. It is also a major producer of oil refining catalysts.

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