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Clearfield (Clearfield) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 2.98 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Clearfield's current share price is $29.51. Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.90. Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 2.98.

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

CLFD' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.9   Med: 4.89   Max: 16.1
Current: 2.97

During the past years, Clearfield's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 16.10. The lowest was 1.90. And the median was 4.89.

CLFD's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
80.31% of 1889 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.01 vs CLFD: 2.97

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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Clearfield's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.250. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $9.90 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS 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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Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Clearfield Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.54 3.90 7.17 12.66 2.90

Clearfield Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS 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 10.74 5.02 4.91 2.90 2.94

Competitive Comparison of Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS 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.


Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS 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 PS Ratio.

Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=29.51/9.9
=2.98

* 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.

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

For example, Clearfield's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=2.25/129.4194*129.4194
=2.250

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Clearfield Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 0.971 99.695 1.261
201406 1.060 100.560 1.364
201409 1.045 100.428 1.347
201412 1.030 99.070 1.346
201503 0.913 99.621 1.186
201506 1.336 100.684 1.717
201509 1.159 100.392 1.494
201512 1.156 99.792 1.499
201603 1.248 100.470 1.608
201606 1.564 101.688 1.991
201609 1.538 101.861 1.954
201612 1.324 101.863 1.682
201703 1.279 102.862 1.609
201706 1.442 103.349 1.806
201709 1.369 104.136 1.701
201712 1.252 104.011 1.558
201803 1.251 105.290 1.538
201806 1.599 106.317 1.946
201809 1.678 106.507 2.039
201812 1.499 105.998 1.830
201903 1.419 107.251 1.712
201906 1.627 108.070 1.948
201909 1.775 108.329 2.121
201912 1.423 108.420 1.699
202003 1.509 108.902 1.793
202006 1.924 108.767 2.289
202009 1.945 109.815 2.292
202012 1.978 109.897 2.329
202103 2.155 111.754 2.496
202106 2.804 114.631 3.166
202109 3.267 115.734 3.653
202112 3.677 117.630 4.046
202203 3.848 121.301 4.106
202206 5.126 125.017 5.307
202209 6.825 125.227 7.054
202212 6.016 125.222 6.218
202303 4.705 127.348 4.782
202306 4.018 128.729 4.040
202309 3.255 129.860 3.244
202312 2.250 129.419 2.250

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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.


Clearfield  (NAS:CLFD) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Clearfield (Clearfield) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7050 Winnetka Avenue North, Suite 100, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA, 55428
Clearfield Inc mainly designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management and fiber delivery solutions for communications networks. It provides a range of products including copper assemblies, cassettes, box enclosures, fiber connectors, frames, microduct, terminals, vaults, pedestal inserts, FieldSmart, WaveSmart, and CraftSmart. The company has a global presence with the majority of the revenue derived from the United States. The company has two reportable segments namely Clearfield segment and Nestor cables segment. The majority of revenue is derived from Clearfield segment.
Executives
Carol Ann Wirsbinski director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., STE. 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Ronald G Roth director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Jones Walter Louis Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N,, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Roger G Harding director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N. SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Donald R. Hayward director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Daniel R Herzog other: Comptroller 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Cheri B Podzimek other: President of Subsidiary 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
John P Hill officer: Chief Operating Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Charles N Hayssen director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Patrick Goepel director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Clearfield, Inc. director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Zucherman Stephen L Md director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Reddan John G Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Bruce G. Blackey officer: Chief Financial Officer 5480 NATHAN LANE #120, PLYMOUTH MN 55442
Anil K Jain director 4 WEST BAY LANE, NORTH OAKS MN 55127