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Fortis (Fortis) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.38 (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is Fortis Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-08), Fortis's current share price is $40.01. Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $29.09. Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.38.

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

FTS' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.32   Med: 1.81   Max: 2.19
Current: 1.41

During the past years, Fortis's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.19. The lowest was 1.32. And the median was 1.81.

FTS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
50.33% of 455 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs FTS: 1.41

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.

Fortis's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $30.745. 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 $29.09 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Fortis Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortis'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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Fortis Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Fortis 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 1.91 1.73 1.86 1.49 1.41

Fortis 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 1.55 1.51 1.34 1.41 1.36

Competitive Comparison of Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Fortis'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.


Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fortis 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.

Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=40.01/29.09
=1.38

* 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.

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

For example, Fortis'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)
=30.745/126.2576*126.2576
=30.745

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Fortis Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 20.989 99.473 26.641
201409 20.880 99.394 26.523
201412 21.588 98.367 27.709
201503 20.914 99.789 26.461
201506 21.676 100.500 27.231
201509 21.044 100.421 26.458
201512 20.872 99.947 26.366
201603 21.096 101.054 26.358
201606 21.916 102.002 27.128
201609 21.497 101.765 26.671
201612 24.226 101.449 30.150
201703 24.425 102.634 30.047
201706 24.643 103.029 30.199
201709 26.213 103.345 32.025
201712 24.881 103.345 30.397
201803 25.346 105.004 30.476
201806 25.811 105.557 30.873
201809 25.828 105.636 30.870
201812 25.900 105.399 31.026
201903 25.868 106.979 30.530
201906 26.999 107.690 31.654
201909 27.152 107.611 31.857
201912 27.714 107.769 32.468
202003 27.923 107.927 32.665
202006 28.433 108.401 33.117
202009 28.451 108.164 33.210
202012 28.557 108.559 33.213
202103 29.067 110.298 33.273
202106 30.097 111.720 34.013
202109 29.250 112.905 32.709
202112 29.069 113.774 32.259
202203 29.394 117.646 31.546
202206 30.256 120.806 31.621
202209 30.438 120.648 31.853
202212 29.629 120.964 30.926
202303 29.638 122.702 30.497
202306 30.571 124.203 31.077
202309 30.362 125.230 30.611
202312 30.208 125.072 30.494
202403 30.745 126.258 30.745

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.


Fortis  (NYSE:FTS) 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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Fortis (Fortis) Business Description

Address
5 Springdale Street, Suite 1100, Fortis Place, St. John’s, NL, CAN, A1E 0E4
Fortis owns and operates eight utility transmission and distribution subsidiaries in Canada and the United States, serving more than 3.4 million electricity and gas customers. The company has smaller stakes in electricity generation and several Caribbean utilities. Subsidiary ITC operates electric transmission in seven U.S. states, with more than 16,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines in operation.