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Northrop Grumman (WBO:NOCO) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 7.26 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-29), Northrop Grumman's current share price is €448.20. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €61.74. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 7.26.

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

WBO:NOCO' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.53   Med: 6.65   Max: 9.44
Current: 7.21

During the past years, Northrop Grumman's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 9.44. The lowest was 1.53. And the median was 6.65.

WBO:NOCO's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
84.65% of 202 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.445 vs WBO:NOCO: 7.21

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.

Northrop Grumman's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €88.361. 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 €61.74 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northrop Grumman'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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Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Northrop Grumman 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 7.56 6.51 7.42 9.20 7.11

Northrop Grumman 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 7.51 7.20 6.76 7.11 7.19

Competitive Comparison of Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Northrop Grumman'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.


Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Northrop Grumman 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.

Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=448.20/61.74
=7.26

* 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.

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

For example, Northrop Grumman'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)
=88.361/129.4194*129.4194
=88.361

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 36.137 100.560 46.508
201409 37.785 100.428 48.693
201412 29.496 99.070 38.532
201503 31.957 99.621 41.516
201506 29.187 100.684 37.517
201509 27.765 100.392 35.793
201512 27.960 99.792 36.261
201603 27.914 100.470 35.957
201606 28.253 101.688 35.958
201609 29.066 101.861 36.930
201612 28.478 101.863 36.182
201703 29.751 102.862 37.432
201706 30.249 103.349 37.879
201709 31.294 104.136 38.892
201712 34.618 104.011 43.075
201803 35.717 105.290 43.903
201806 40.414 106.317 49.196
201809 44.905 106.507 54.565
201812 42.181 105.998 51.501
201903 45.528 107.251 54.939
201906 48.164 108.070 57.679
201909 52.375 108.329 62.572
201912 47.287 108.420 56.446
202003 49.079 108.902 58.326
202006 51.733 108.767 61.556
202009 53.303 109.815 62.819
202012 52.160 109.897 61.426
202103 54.927 111.754 63.609
202106 57.816 114.631 65.275
202109 61.126 115.734 68.354
202112 73.197 117.630 80.533
202203 77.545 121.301 82.735
202206 83.381 125.017 86.317
202209 91.389 125.227 94.449
202212 94.377 125.222 97.541
202303 93.037 127.348 94.550
202306 94.416 128.729 94.923
202309 98.926 129.860 98.591
202312 90.381 129.419 90.381
202403 88.361 129.419 88.361

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.


Northrop Grumman  (WBO:NOCO) 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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Northrop Grumman (WBO:NOCO) Business Description

Address
2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA, USA, 22042
Northrop Grumman is a diversified defense contractor providing aeronautics, defense, mission, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces autonomous and piloted aircraft such as Global Hawk drones and the new B-21 bomber. Defense systems makes artillery and missile ammunition and guidance systems, missile defense systems, and conducts maintenance and upgrades on numerous military aircraft. Mission systems creates and integrates a variety of radar, navigation, and communication systems for avionics, weapons control, and countermeasures on a range of platforms from helicopters to destroyers. Finally, space systems produces satellites, sensors, space structures, and manufactures long-range missiles and rocket motors.

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