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Albemarle (BSP:A1LB34) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.61 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-24), Albemarle's current share price is R$26.52. Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$10.15. Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.61.

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

BSP:A1LB34' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.91   Med: 4.33   Max: 8.46
Current: 2.58

During the past years, Albemarle's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 8.46. The lowest was 1.91. And the median was 4.33.

BSP:A1LB34's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
66.64% of 1094 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.665 vs BSP:A1LB34: 2.58

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.

Albemarle's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$16.414. 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 R$10.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Albemarle Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Albemarle 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 5.28 5.09 3.72 3.08 2.68

Competitive Comparison of Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Albemarle'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.


Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



Albemarle 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=26.52/10.15
=2.61

* 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.

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

For example, Albemarle'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)
=16.414/131.7762*131.7762
=16.414

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Albemarle Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 1.790 100.560 2.346
201409 1.813 100.428 2.379
201412 1.918 99.070 2.551
201503 3.628 99.621 4.799
201506 3.674 100.684 4.809
201509 4.558 100.392 5.983
201512 4.689 99.792 6.192
201603 4.858 100.470 6.372
201606 4.006 101.688 5.191
201609 3.976 101.861 5.144
201612 4.713 101.863 6.097
201703 4.280 102.862 5.483
201706 4.678 103.349 5.965
201709 4.605 104.136 5.827
201712 4.564 104.011 5.782
201803 4.688 105.290 5.867
201806 5.352 106.317 6.634
201809 5.689 106.507 7.039
201812 5.493 105.998 6.829
201903 5.547 107.251 6.815
201906 5.762 108.070 7.026
201909 6.211 108.329 7.555
201912 6.342 108.420 7.708
202003 7.426 108.902 8.986
202006 8.182 108.767 9.913
202009 8.718 109.815 10.461
202012 8.564 109.897 10.269
202103 11.560 111.754 13.631
202106 11.046 114.631 12.698
202109 10.707 115.734 12.191
202112 11.327 117.630 12.689
202203 10.316 121.301 11.207
202206 10.928 125.017 11.519
202209 12.557 125.227 13.214
202212 14.890 125.222 15.669
202303 17.045 127.348 17.638
202306 16.917 128.729 17.317
202309 17.356 129.860 17.612
202312 16.374 129.419 16.672
202403 16.414 131.776 16.414

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.


Albemarle  (BSP:A1LB34) 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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Albemarle (BSP:A1LB34) Business Description

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Address
4250 Congress Street, Suite 900, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28209
Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers. In the lithium industry, the majority of demand comes from batteries, where lithium is used as the energy storage material, particularly in electric vehicles. Albemarle is a fully integrated lithium producer. Its upstream resources include salt brine deposits in Chile and the U.S. and two hard rock mines in Australia, both of which are joint ventures. The company operates lithium refining plants in Chile, the U.S., Australia, and China. Albemarle is a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants. It is also a major producer of oil refining catalysts.

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