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Volvo AB (OSTO:VOLV A) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.06 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-26), Volvo AB's current share price is kr295.40. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr72.69. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.06.

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

OSTO:VOLV A' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.84   Med: 3.14   Max: 4.67
Current: 4.06

During the past years, Volvo AB's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.67. The lowest was 1.84. And the median was 3.14.

OSTO:VOLV A's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
85.98% of 164 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 1.855 vs OSTO:VOLV A: 4.06

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.

Volvo AB's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr79.054. 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 kr72.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Volvo AB'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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Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Volvo AB 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 3.34 3.85 3.84 3.04 3.72

Volvo AB 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 3.35 3.35 3.25 3.72 4.06

Competitive Comparison of Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Volvo AB'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.


Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Volvo AB 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.

Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=295.40/72.69
=4.06

* 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.

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

For example, Volvo AB'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)
=79.054/132.2054*132.2054
=79.054

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 132.2054.

Volvo AB Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 37.658 100.432 49.572
201409 39.171 100.161 51.703
201412 38.596 100.225 50.912
201503 39.643 99.950 52.436
201506 39.161 99.995 51.776
201509 39.535 100.228 52.149
201512 41.271 100.276 54.412
201603 42.669 100.751 55.990
201606 41.360 101.019 54.128
201609 42.778 101.138 55.919
201612 47.287 102.022 61.277
201703 49.900 102.022 64.663
201706 48.456 102.752 62.346
201709 49.708 103.279 63.630
201712 51.918 103.793 66.130
201803 56.286 103.962 71.577
201806 57.241 104.875 72.158
201809 59.901 105.679 74.937
201812 60.690 105.912 75.757
201903 67.181 105.886 83.880
201906 62.299 106.742 77.161
201909 66.336 107.214 81.799
201912 68.157 107.766 83.614
202003 72.099 106.563 89.448
202006 67.790 107.498 83.371
202009 69.656 107.635 85.557
202012 71.452 108.296 87.227
202103 79.539 108.360 97.043
202106 59.392 108.928 72.084
202109 63.666 110.338 76.284
202112 69.362 112.486 81.522
202203 75.985 114.825 87.486
202206 74.813 118.384 83.548
202209 81.136 122.296 87.710
202212 80.020 126.365 83.718
202303 86.126 127.042 89.627
202306 79.781 129.407 81.507
202309 85.533 130.224 86.835
202312 87.433 131.912 87.628
202403 79.054 132.205 79.054

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.


Volvo AB  (OSTO:VOLV A) 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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Volvo AB (OSTO:VOLV A) Business Description

Address
Gropegardsgatan 2, Gothenburg, SWE, 417 15
Volvo AB drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase the customers' uptime and productivity.

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