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Socket Mobile (Socket Mobile) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.57 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Socket Mobile Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-23), Socket Mobile's current share price is $1.29. Socket Mobile's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.26. Socket Mobile's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.57.

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

SCKT' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22   Med: 1.46   Max: 9.78
Current: 0.6

During the past years, Socket Mobile's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 9.78. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 1.46.

SCKT's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
80.84% of 1868 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.66 vs SCKT: 0.60

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.

Socket Mobile's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.539. 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 $2.26 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Socket Mobile Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Socket Mobile'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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Socket Mobile Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Socket Mobile 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 1.39 1.91 2.72 1.05 0.54

Socket Mobile 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 0.97 0.71 0.54 0.54 0.45

Competitive Comparison of Socket Mobile's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Socket Mobile'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.


Socket Mobile's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Socket Mobile's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Socket Mobile 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.

Socket Mobile's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=1.29/2.26
=0.57

* 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.

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

For example, Socket Mobile'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)
=2.539/131.7762*131.7762
=2.539

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Socket Mobile Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 0.071 100.560 0.093
201409 0.171 100.428 0.224
201412 0.190 99.070 0.253
201503 0.210 99.621 0.278
201506 0.292 100.684 0.382
201509 0.402 100.392 0.528
201512 0.595 99.792 0.786
201603 0.719 100.470 0.943
201606 0.828 101.688 1.073
201609 0.958 101.861 1.239
201612 2.751 101.863 3.559
201703 2.910 102.862 3.728
201706 3.008 103.349 3.835
201709 2.832 104.136 3.584
201712 2.458 104.011 3.114
201803 2.105 105.290 2.635
201806 2.100 106.317 2.603
201809 2.115 106.507 2.617
201812 2.108 105.998 2.621
201903 2.090 107.251 2.568
201906 2.133 108.070 2.601
201909 2.171 108.329 2.641
201912 2.199 108.420 2.673
202003 2.208 108.902 2.672
202006 2.102 108.767 2.547
202009 1.460 109.815 1.752
202012 1.831 109.897 2.196
202103 2.035 111.754 2.400
202106 2.433 114.631 2.797
202109 2.548 115.734 2.901
202112 2.790 117.630 3.126
202203 2.824 121.301 3.068
202206 2.854 125.017 3.008
202209 2.760 125.227 2.904
202212 2.866 125.222 3.016
202303 2.728 127.348 2.823
202306 2.655 128.729 2.718
202309 2.509 129.860 2.546
202312 2.647 129.419 2.695
202403 2.539 131.776 2.539

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.


Socket Mobile  (NAS:SCKT) 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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Socket Mobile (Socket Mobile) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40675 Encyclopedia Circle, Fremont, CA, USA, 94538
Socket Mobile Inc is a producer of data capture products. The company's products are integrated into mobile applications used in mobile point of sale (mPOS), commercial services (field workers), asset tracking, manufacturing process and quality control, transportation and logistics (goods tracking and movement), event management (ticketing, entry, access control, and identification), medical and education. The company offers barcode scanning products for both one-dimensional, including imager and laser, and two-dimensional barcode scanning in standard and durable cases. The company's geographical segments are the United States, Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world, out of which the majority of the revenue is generated from the United States.
Executives
Kevin J Mills director, officer: President and CEO 40675 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIR., FREMONT CA 94538
Charlie Bass director 40675 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIR., FREMONT CA 94538
Giacomo Marini director 40675 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIR., FREMONT CA 94538
Laura Weinstein director 40675 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIRCLE, FREMONT CA 94538
Leonard L Ott officer: Chief Technical Officer 37400 CENTRAL COURT, NEWARK CA 94560
David A. Holmes officer: Chief Business Officer 39700 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Lynn Zhao officer: Vice President and Controller 39700 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
David W Dunlap officer: CFO 37400 CENTRAL COURT, NEWARK CA 94560
Ivan Lazarev director 40675 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIR, FREMONT CA 94538
Parnell William L. Jr director 40675 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIR, FREMONT CA 94538
Nelson C Chan director C/O SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, 1251 MCKAY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Brenton Earl Macdonald director 39700 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
James Lopez officer: VP Marketing & Business Dev. 39700 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Erik L. Fidel director 39700 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Kevin R Jost director 10370 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77042