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Robert Half (FRA:RHJ) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 5.28 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Robert Half Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-10), Robert Half's current share price is €57.50. Robert Half's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €10.90. Robert Half's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 5.28.

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

FRA:RHJ' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.4   Med: 7.3   Max: 12.92
Current: 5.15

During the past years, Robert Half's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 12.92. The lowest was 4.40. And the median was 7.30.

FRA:RHJ's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
84.46% of 682 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs FRA:RHJ: 5.15

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.

Robert Half's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €13.320. 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 €10.90 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Robert Half Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Robert Half'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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Robert Half Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Robert Half 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 7.95 7.44 11.77 6.89 7.49

Robert Half 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 7.28 6.62 6.31 7.49 6.56

Competitive Comparison of Robert Half's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Robert Half'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.


Robert Half's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Robert Half's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Robert Half 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.

Robert Half's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=57.50/10.9
=5.28

* 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.

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

For example, Robert Half'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)
=13.32/131.7762*131.7762
=13.320

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Robert Half Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 5.237 100.560 6.863
201409 5.551 100.428 7.284
201412 5.881 99.070 7.823
201503 6.736 99.621 8.910
201506 6.722 100.684 8.798
201509 6.759 100.392 8.872
201512 7.026 99.792 9.278
201603 7.146 100.470 9.373
201606 7.314 101.688 9.478
201609 7.569 101.861 9.792
201612 8.060 101.863 10.427
201703 7.947 102.862 10.181
201706 7.789 103.349 9.931
201709 7.629 104.136 9.654
201712 7.516 104.011 9.522
201803 7.317 105.290 9.158
201806 7.756 106.317 9.613
201809 7.896 106.507 9.769
201812 7.848 105.998 9.757
201903 8.056 107.251 9.898
201906 8.350 108.070 10.182
201909 8.696 108.329 10.578
201912 8.941 108.420 10.867
202003 8.923 108.902 10.797
202006 8.960 108.767 10.855
202009 8.878 109.815 10.653
202012 8.758 109.897 10.502
202103 8.921 111.754 10.519
202106 9.334 114.631 10.730
202109 10.048 115.734 11.441
202112 11.042 117.630 12.370
202203 11.911 121.301 12.940
202206 12.667 125.017 13.352
202209 13.879 125.227 14.605
202212 13.749 125.222 14.469
202303 13.854 127.348 14.336
202306 14.003 128.729 14.335
202309 13.980 129.860 14.186
202312 13.844 129.419 14.096
202403 13.320 131.776 13.320

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.


Robert Half  (FRA:RHJ) 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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Robert Half (FRA:RHJ) Business Description

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Address
2884 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200, Menlo Park, CA, USA, 94025
Founded in 1948, Robert Half provides temporary, permanent, and outcome-based staffing for both in-person and remote positions in the finance and accounting, technology, legal, marketing, and administrative fields. Its subsidiary consulting arm, Protiviti, specializes in technology, risk, auditing, and compliance matters. The firm generates most of its sales inside the U.S. and stands as one of the largest specialized firms in the highly fragmented U.S. staffing industry. The firm generates annual revenue of around $7 billion.

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