First Merchants (First Merchants) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.98 (As of May. 24, 2024)

First Merchants Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

First Merchants Annual Data
	Trend	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.88	1.55	1.53	1.35	1.13

First Merchants 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															1.05	0.88	0.85	1.13	1.03

Competitive Comparison of First Merchants's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, First Merchants'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.

First Merchants's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, First Merchants's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

First Merchants 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.

First Merchants's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

* 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.

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

For example, First Merchants's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

First Merchants Quarterly Data

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.

First Merchants  (NAS:FRME) 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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