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Sony Group (Sony Group) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.14 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Sony Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Sony Group's current share price is $82.33. Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $26.26. Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.14.

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

SONY' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 2.26   Max: 5.28
Current: 3.43

During the past years, Sony Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.28. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 2.26.

SONY's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
79.21% of 1833 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.57 vs SONY: 3.43

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.

Sony Group's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $41.250. 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 $26.26 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Sony Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sony Group'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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Sony Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Sony Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.93 2.62 4.49 4.31 3.53

Sony Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.04 3.53 3.71 3.39 3.61

Competitive Comparison of Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Sony Group'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.


Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sony Group 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.

Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=82.33/26.26
=3.14

* 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.

Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Sony Group's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=41.25/106.8000*106.8000
=41.250

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 106.8000.

Sony Group Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 21.142 95.700 23.594
201406 21.226 98.000 23.132
201409 18.532 98.500 20.094
201412 17.793 97.900 19.411
201503 16.467 97.900 17.964
201506 16.483 98.400 17.890
201509 17.451 98.500 18.921
201512 18.116 98.100 19.723
201603 17.292 97.900 18.864
201606 18.104 98.100 19.710
201609 17.975 98.000 19.589
201612 16.752 98.400 18.182
201703 17.515 98.100 19.068
201706 18.500 98.500 20.059
201709 19.470 98.800 21.047
201712 21.285 99.400 22.870
201803 22.112 99.200 23.806
201806 23.100 99.200 24.870
201809 23.657 99.900 25.291
201812 26.543 99.700 28.433
201903 26.950 99.700 28.869
201906 28.559 99.800 30.562
201909 29.502 100.100 31.477
201912 31.625 100.500 33.607
202003 37.104 100.300 39.509
202006 32.959 99.900 35.235
202009 38.622 99.900 41.290
202012 42.005 99.300 45.178
202103 49.593 99.900 53.018
202106 50.593 99.500 54.305
202109 51.776 100.100 55.242
202112 52.348 100.100 55.852
202203 48.708 101.100 51.454
202206 41.764 101.800 43.815
202209 38.833 103.100 40.227
202212 39.721 104.100 40.751
202303 43.814 104.400 44.821
202306 40.147 105.200 40.758
202309 39.083 106.200 39.304
202312 41.250 106.800 41.250

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.


Sony Group  (NYSE:SONY) 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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Sony Group (Sony Group) Business Description

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Sony Group is a conglomerate with consumer electronics roots, which not only designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment and devices, but also is engaged in content businesses, such as console and mobile games, music, and movies. Sony is a global top company of CMOS image sensors, game consoles, professional broadcasting cameras, and music publishing, and is one of the top players on digital cameras, wireless earphones, recorded music, movies, and so on. Sony's business portfolio is well diversified with six major business segments. The company fully consolidated Sony Financial in September 2020, which provides life and non-life insurance, banking, and other financial services.