Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Shiller PE for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.
Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation
Hospira Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Hospira's Shiller PE 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.
Competitive Comparison of Hospira's Shiller PE Ratio
For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Hospira'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.
Hospira's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Hospira's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Hospira's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.
Hospira 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.
Hospira's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:
For example, Hospira's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was:
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.
Hospira (FRA:HOS) 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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Hospira Inc was incorporated in Delaware on September 16, 2003. The Company is a provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, and is also engaged in developing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution. Its portfolio includes generic acute-care and oncology injectables, biosimilars, and integrated infusion therapy and medication management products. Its portfolio of products is used by hospitals and alternate site providers, such as clinics, home healthcare providers and long-term care facilities. The Company's business segments are Specialty Injectable Pharmaceuticals, Medication Management and Other Pharmaceuticals. Specialty Injectable Pharmaceuticals consists of generic injectable pharmaceuticals products. Generic injectable pharmaceuticals provide customers with a lower-cost alternative to branded products when associated patent protection expires, when patents are declared invalid, or when the generic products do not infringe the patents of others. Our generic injectable pharmaceuticals are sold in therapeutic areas including analgesia, anesthesia, anti-infectives, cardiovascular, oncology, and other. Medication Management offer the Hospira MedNet safety software system, which is designed for hospitals to customize intravenous drug dosage limits and track drug delivery to prevent medication errors. The wireless network version of the Hospira MedNet system establishes real-time send-and-receive capability and can interface with select hospital and pharmacy information systems. Other Pharmaceuticals primarily consists of large volume I.V. solutions, nutritionals and contract manufacturing services. We offer infusion therapy solutions and related supplies that include I.V. solutions for general use, I.V. nutrition products, and solutions for washing and cleansing of wounds or surgical sites. The Company's primary customers include hospitals, wholesalers, integrated delivery networks and alternate site facilities. Its competitors include Baxter International Inc.; Becton, Dickinson and Company; Fresenius Kabi AG; Mallinckrodt plc; Mylan Inc; Par Pharmaceuticals Companies, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Sandoz; Sanofi S.A. and Teva Pharmaceuticals, Aspen Medical; Fresenius Kabi; Pfizer; Sandoz and a number of smaller competitors and the originator companies. The Company's operations and business activities are subject to extensive legal and regulatory requirements that are enforced by numerous governmental agencies in the countries in which it do business.
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