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Avitar (Avitar) Shiller PE Ratio : (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Avitar Shiller PE Ratio?

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Avitar Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avitar's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

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Avitar Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Avitar Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Avitar's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Avitar's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE 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.


Avitar's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Avitar's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avitar's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



Avitar Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Avitar's E10 for the fiscal year that ended in Sep07 is calculated as:

For example, Avitar's adjusted earnings per share data for the fiscal year that ended in Sep07 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Sep07 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep07)
=-0.09/88.4119*88.4119
=-0.090

Current CPI (Sep07) = 88.4119.

Avitar Annual Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
199809 -2.500 72.057 -3.067
199909 -12.000 73.953 -14.346
200009 -13.000 75.928 -15.137
200109 -13.000 77.904 -14.754
200209 -5.500 79.721 -6.100
200309 -6.000 81.459 -6.512
200409 -2.000 82.960 -2.131
200509 -1.500 85.647 -1.548
200609 -0.800 86.279 -0.820
200709 -0.090 88.412 -0.090

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

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.


Avitar  (OTCPK:AVTI) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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Avitar (Avitar) Business Description

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Avitar Inc, through its subsidiary Avitar Technologies, develops, manufactures, and markets products for oral fluid diagnostics, disease and clinical testing, and wound treating.

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