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Sohu.com (STU:XOU) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.50 (As of May. 31, 2024)


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What is Sohu.com Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-31), Sohu.com's current share price is €11.00. Sohu.com's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €21.93. Sohu.com's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.50.

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

STU:XOU' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 0.82   Max: 5.99
Current: 0.48

During the past years, Sohu.com's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.99. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.82.

STU:XOU's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
85.57% of 298 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 1.565 vs STU:XOU: 0.48

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.

Sohu.com's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €28.548. 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 €21.93 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Sohu.com Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sohu.com'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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Sohu.com Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Sohu.com 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 0.40 0.61 0.63 0.52 0.39

Sohu.com 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 0.56 0.42 0.36 0.39 0.41

Competitive Comparison of Sohu.com's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Sohu.com'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.


Sohu.com's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Sohu.com's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sohu.com 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.

Sohu.com's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=11.00/21.93
=0.50

* 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.

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

For example, Sohu.com'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)
=28.548/115.2271*115.2271
=28.548

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 115.2271.

Sohu.com Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 23.872 98.200 28.011
201409 24.601 98.900 28.662
201412 25.308 99.000 29.456
201503 28.262 99.900 32.598
201506 27.076 99.500 31.356
201509 29.508 100.500 33.832
201512 29.474 100.600 33.759
201603 28.395 102.200 32.014
201606 26.623 101.400 30.253
201609 24.942 102.400 28.066
201612 24.312 102.600 27.304
201703 22.376 103.200 24.984
201706 19.642 103.100 21.952
201709 16.826 104.100 18.625
201712 16.372 104.500 18.053
201803 13.845 105.300 15.150
201806 13.560 104.900 14.895
201809 12.495 106.600 13.506
201812 13.194 106.500 14.275
201903 12.076 107.700 12.920
201906 10.742 107.700 11.493
201909 10.417 109.800 10.932
201912 9.820 111.200 10.176
202003 9.290 112.300 9.532
202006 6.534 110.400 6.820
202009 6.133 111.700 6.327
202012 7.264 111.500 7.507
202103 8.362 112.662 8.552
202106 9.629 111.769 9.927
202109 28.607 112.215 29.375
202112 29.890 113.108 30.450
202203 29.513 114.335 29.743
202206 33.090 114.558 33.283
202209 32.934 115.339 32.902
202212 31.043 115.116 31.073
202303 30.549 115.116 30.579
202306 28.469 114.558 28.635
202309 30.259 115.339 30.230
202312 29.383 114.781 29.497
202403 28.548 115.227 28.548

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.


Sohu.com  (STU:XOU) 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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Sohu.com (STU:XOU) Business Description

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Block 3, No. 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Level 18, SOHU.com Media Plaza, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100190
Sohu.com Ltd provides online media, games, and search products and services on PCs and mobile devices in China. The company operates in Sohu and Changyou segments. Sohu is a Chinese language online media content and services provider. Changyou is involved in the development, operation, and licensing of online games for PCs and mobile devices, which include massively multiplayer online role-playing games, casual games, strategy games. In addition, it operates focus.cn, which provides online real estate information and services; and 17173.com website, which provides news, electronic forums, online videos, and other online game information services to game players, as well as offers mobile game distribution services. It generates maximum revenue from the Changyou segment.

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