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Air Liquide (XPAR:AI) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.70 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Air Liquide Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Air Liquide's current share price is €185.18. Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was €39.43. Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.70.

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

XPAR:AI' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.24   Med: 4   Max: 4.95
Current: 4.77

During the past 13 years, Air Liquide's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.95. The lowest was 3.24. And the median was 4.00.

XPAR:AI's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
84.88% of 1045 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.56 vs XPAR:AI: 4.77

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.

Air Liquide's adjusted book value per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was €46.490. 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 €39.43 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Air Liquide Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Air Liquide'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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Air Liquide Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Air Liquide 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 4.06 4.11 4.32 3.66 4.47

Air Liquide Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 4.32 - 3.66 - 4.47

Competitive Comparison of Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Air Liquide'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.


Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



Air Liquide 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.

Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=185.18/39.43
=4.70

* 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.

Air Liquide's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, Air Liquide's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=46.49/118.2300*118.2300
=46.490

Current CPI (Dec23) = 118.2300.

Air Liquide Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201412 24.572 99.860 29.092
201512 26.472 100.040 31.285
201612 32.438 100.650 38.104
201712 31.603 101.850 36.686
201812 34.341 103.470 39.240
201912 36.385 104.980 40.977
202012 35.703 104.960 40.217
202112 41.157 107.850 45.118
202212 45.452 114.160 47.072
202312 46.490 118.230 46.490

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.


Air Liquide  (XPAR:AI) 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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Air Liquide (XPAR:AI) Business Description

Industry
Address
75, Quai d'Orsay, Paris, FRA, 75007
Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is one of the leading industrial gas companies in the world, serving over 3.8 million customers in 78 countries. The company generated approximately EUR 29.9 billion of revenue in 2022, serving a wide range of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, food and beverage, and electronics. The healthcare division serves around 1.8 million patients and 15,000 hospitals and clinics annually. Air Liquide employs approximately 65,000 people.