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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (TPE:1326) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.84 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-20), Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's current share price is NT$57.20. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$68.18. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.84.

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

TPE:1326' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78   Med: 1.31   Max: 2.12
Current: 0.83

During the past years, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.12. The lowest was 0.78. And the median was 1.31.

TPE:1326's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
76.87% of 1081 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.65 vs TPE:1326: 0.83

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.

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$55.707. 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 NT$68.18 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre 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 1.61 1.54 1.35 1.09 0.93

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre 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 1.05 1.00 0.91 0.93 0.81

Competitive Comparison of Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Chemicals subindustry, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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.


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Formosa Chemicals & Fibre 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.

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=57.20/68.18
=0.84

* 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.

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

For example, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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)
=55.707/131.7762*131.7762
=55.707

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 47.718 100.560 62.531
201409 46.643 100.428 61.203
201412 47.470 99.070 63.142
201503 48.113 99.621 63.643
201506 46.799 100.684 61.251
201509 45.675 100.392 59.954
201512 48.406 99.792 63.920
201603 50.004 100.470 65.585
201606 47.736 101.688 61.860
201609 50.190 101.861 64.930
201612 54.768 101.863 70.851
201703 56.340 102.862 72.177
201706 53.148 103.349 67.767
201709 58.830 104.136 74.445
201712 61.310 104.011 77.676
201803 68.615 105.290 85.876
201806 65.609 106.317 81.320
201809 66.674 106.507 82.493
201812 63.391 105.998 78.807
201903 66.580 107.251 81.805
201906 61.229 108.070 74.661
201909 60.521 108.329 73.620
201912 60.953 108.420 74.084
202003 52.892 108.902 64.002
202006 50.644 108.767 61.357
202009 51.409 109.815 61.690
202012 58.874 109.897 70.595
202103 62.863 111.754 74.125
202106 62.444 114.631 71.783
202109 66.247 115.734 75.429
202112 66.844 117.630 74.883
202203 68.790 121.301 74.731
202206 62.311 125.017 65.680
202209 58.297 125.227 61.346
202212 55.758 125.222 58.677
202303 56.978 127.348 58.959
202306 56.205 128.729 57.536
202309 57.244 129.860 58.089
202312 58.003 129.419 59.059
202403 55.707 131.776 55.707

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.


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre  (TPE:1326) 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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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (TPE:1326) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Dunhua North Road, Number 201, Songshan District, Taipei, TWN, 105
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, plastics-based products, and textiles. The Company has eight business divisions, namely First Chemical Division, Petrochemicals Division, Third Chemical Division, Plastics Division, Textile Division, First Fiber Division, Second Fiber Division, and Engineering & Construction Division. The Company's businesses are production and sales of petrochemical products, including PTA, PS, AN, Butadiene, SM polymer, SM, benzene, toluene, pxylene (PX) and o-xylene (OX), as well as nylon fiber, and rayon staple fiber. The Company is also engaged in spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing.

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