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Apple (WBO:AAPL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 28.89 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Apple Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Apple's current share price is €159.74. Apple's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €5.53. Apple's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 28.89.

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

WBO:AAPL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.54   Med: 11.82   Max: 32.13
Current: 27.95

During the past years, Apple's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 32.13. The lowest was 7.54. And the median was 11.82.

WBO:AAPL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
99.29% of 1833 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.57 vs WBO:AAPL: 27.95

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.

Apple's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €4.395. 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 €5.53 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Apple Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Apple Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.93 21.27 24.26 22.35 27.84

Apple 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 21.24 26.80 31.50 27.84 31.68

Competitive Comparison of Apple's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Apple'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.


Apple's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Apple 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=159.74/5.53
=28.89

* 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.

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

For example, Apple'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)
=4.395/129.4194*129.4194
=4.395

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Apple Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 3.601 99.695 4.675
201406 3.716 100.560 4.782
201409 3.689 100.428 4.754
201412 4.292 99.070 5.607
201503 5.172 99.621 6.719
201506 4.907 100.684 6.307
201509 4.766 100.392 6.144
201512 5.309 99.792 6.885
201603 5.346 100.470 6.886
201606 5.221 101.688 6.645
201609 5.354 101.861 6.803
201612 5.970 101.863 7.585
201703 6.020 102.862 7.574
201706 5.699 103.349 7.137
201709 5.485 104.136 6.817
201712 5.828 104.011 7.252
201803 5.204 105.290 6.397
201806 5.079 106.317 6.183
201809 4.828 106.507 5.867
201812 5.477 105.998 6.687
201903 5.084 107.251 6.135
201906 4.710 108.070 5.640
201909 4.623 108.329 5.523
201912 4.595 108.420 5.485
202003 4.104 108.902 4.877
202006 3.746 108.767 4.457
202009 3.268 109.815 3.851
202012 3.236 109.897 3.811
202103 3.482 111.754 4.032
202106 3.222 114.631 3.638
202109 3.265 115.734 3.651
202112 3.897 117.630 4.288
202203 3.776 121.301 4.029
202206 3.415 125.017 3.535
202209 3.210 125.227 3.317
202212 3.380 125.222 3.493
202303 3.692 127.348 3.752
202306 3.555 128.729 3.574
202309 3.745 129.860 3.732
202312 4.395 129.419 4.395

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.


Apple  (WBO:AAPL) 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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