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PG&E (FRA:PCG) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.67 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is PG&E Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-22), PG&E's current share price is €17.014. PG&E's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €25.57. PG&E's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.67.

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

FRA:PCG' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15   Med: 0.76   Max: 2.19
Current: 0.67

During the past years, PG&E's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.19. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.76.

FRA:PCG's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
78.79% of 448 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.435 vs FRA:PCG: 0.67

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.

PG&E's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €9.053. 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 €25.57 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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PG&E Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for PG&E'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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PG&E Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

PG&E 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 0.33 0.40 0.39 0.54 0.64

PG&E 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 0.54 0.58 0.56 0.64 0.60

Competitive Comparison of PG&E's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, PG&E'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.


PG&E's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, PG&E's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



PG&E 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.

PG&E's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=17.014/25.57
=0.67

* 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.

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

For example, PG&E'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)
=9.053/131.7762*131.7762
=9.053

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

PG&E Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 23.486 100.560 30.777
201409 25.803 100.428 33.857
201412 26.836 99.070 35.696
201503 30.260 99.621 40.027
201506 29.638 100.684 38.791
201509 30.116 100.392 39.531
201512 30.927 99.792 40.839
201603 30.100 100.470 39.479
201606 29.919 101.688 38.772
201609 30.607 101.861 39.596
201612 33.552 101.863 43.405
201703 33.607 102.862 43.054
201706 32.386 103.349 41.294
201709 31.083 104.136 39.333
201712 31.551 104.011 39.973
201803 31.011 105.290 38.812
201806 31.136 106.317 38.592
201809 32.225 106.507 39.871
201812 21.371 105.998 26.568
201903 21.534 107.251 26.458
201906 17.295 108.070 21.089
201909 14.994 108.329 18.239
201912 8.734 108.420 10.615
202003 9.407 108.902 11.383
202006 5.949 108.767 7.207
202009 8.903 109.815 10.683
202012 10.445 109.897 12.524
202103 8.940 111.754 10.542
202106 9.008 114.631 10.355
202109 8.766 115.734 9.981
202112 9.051 117.630 10.140
202203 9.305 121.301 10.109
202206 9.863 125.017 10.396
202209 10.579 125.227 11.132
202212 9.715 125.222 10.224
202303 9.188 127.348 9.508
202306 8.984 128.729 9.197
202309 8.890 129.860 9.021
202312 8.793 129.419 8.953
202403 9.053 131.776 9.053

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.


PG&E  (FRA:PCG) 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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PG&E (FRA:PCG) Business Description

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Address
300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, USA, 94612
PG&E is a holding company whose main subsidiary is Pacific Gas and Electric, a regulated utility operating in Central and Northern California that serves 5.3 million electricity customers and 4.6 million gas customers in 47 of the state's 58 counties. PG&E operated under bankruptcy court supervision between January 2019 and June 2020. In 2004, PG&E sold its unregulated assets as part of an earlier postbankruptcy reorganization.