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Sony Group (BUE:SONY) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.39 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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What is Sony Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-06), Sony Group's current share price is ARS3913.50. Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS1,154.97. Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.39.

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

BUE:SONY' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 2.28   Max: 5.23
Current: 3.51

During the past years, Sony Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.23. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 2.28.

BUE:SONY's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
77.41% of 1895 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.68 vs BUE:SONY: 3.51

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 Mar. 2024 was ARS69,861.741. 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 ARS1,154.97 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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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 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.62 4.49 4.31 3.53 3.39

Sony Group 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 3.53 3.71 3.39 3.61 3.39

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
=3913.50/1154.97
=3.39

* 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 Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Sony Group'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)
=69861.741/107.2000*107.2000
=69,861.741

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 107.2000.

Sony Group Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 344.919 98.000 377.299
201409 312.037 98.500 339.598
201412 304.296 97.900 333.203
201503 290.468 97.900 318.061
201506 299.539 98.400 326.327
201509 328.162 98.500 357.147
201512 468.960 98.100 512.462
201603 505.058 97.900 553.036
201606 506.173 98.100 553.127
201609 536.261 98.000 586.604
201612 531.130 98.400 578.629
201703 540.054 98.100 590.151
201706 610.066 98.500 663.950
201709 682.351 98.800 740.365
201712 812.875 99.400 876.662
201803 891.087 99.200 962.949
201806 1,152.224 99.200 1,245.145
201809 1,741.135 99.900 1,868.365
201812 2,001.594 99.700 2,152.165
201903 2,106.933 99.700 2,265.428
201906 2,552.006 99.800 2,741.233
201909 3,299.850 100.100 3,533.905
201912 3,780.749 100.500 4,032.799
202003 4,606.073 100.300 4,922.941
202006 4,512.811 99.900 4,842.576
202009 5,734.571 99.900 6,153.614
202012 6,836.747 99.300 7,380.657
202103 8,934.700 99.900 9,587.586
202106 9,585.415 99.500 10,327.201
202109 10,125.196 100.100 10,843.367
202112 10,573.315 100.100 11,323.270
202203 10,459.678 101.100 11,090.776
202206 10,050.991 101.800 10,584.148
202209 10,791.627 103.100 11,220.780
202212 13,318.602 104.100 13,715.217
202303 17,310.995 104.400 17,775.275
202306 19,270.563 105.200 19,636.924
202309 27,354.217 106.200 27,611.790
202312 29,782.812 106.800 29,894.358
202403 69,861.741 107.200 69,861.741

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  (BUE: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 (BUE:SONY) Business Description

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7-1, Konan 1-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 108-0075
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.