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Fortis (STU:12F) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.37 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Fortis Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-26), Fortis's current share price is €36.69. Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €26.76. Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.37.

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

STU:12F' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.32   Med: 1.81   Max: 2.19
Current: 1.38

During the past years, Fortis's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.19. The lowest was 1.32. And the median was 1.81.

STU:12F's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
52.44% of 450 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.43 vs STU:12F: 1.38

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.

Fortis's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €28.285. 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 €26.76 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Fortis Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Fortis 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 1.91 1.73 1.86 1.49 1.41

Fortis 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 1.55 1.51 1.34 1.41 1.36

Competitive Comparison of Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Fortis'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.


Fortis's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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



Fortis 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=36.69/26.76
=1.37

* 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.

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

For example, Fortis'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)
=28.285/126.2576*126.2576
=28.285

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Fortis Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 15.448 99.473 19.608
201409 16.203 99.394 20.582
201412 17.508 98.367 22.472
201503 19.324 99.789 24.450
201506 19.313 100.500 24.263
201509 18.750 100.421 23.574
201512 19.161 99.947 24.205
201603 18.944 101.054 23.669
201606 19.505 102.002 24.143
201609 19.154 101.765 23.764
201612 22.966 101.449 28.582
201703 22.837 102.634 28.094
201706 21.932 103.029 26.877
201709 21.993 103.345 26.869
201712 21.025 103.345 25.687
201803 20.556 105.004 24.717
201806 22.094 105.557 26.427
201809 22.134 105.636 26.455
201812 22.766 105.399 27.271
201903 22.893 106.979 27.018
201906 23.894 107.690 28.014
201909 24.654 107.611 28.926
201912 24.943 107.769 29.222
202003 25.271 107.927 29.563
202006 25.248 108.401 29.407
202009 24.155 108.164 28.196
202012 23.474 108.559 27.301
202103 24.416 110.298 27.949
202106 24.980 111.720 28.231
202109 24.863 112.905 27.803
202112 25.726 113.774 28.549
202203 26.690 117.646 28.644
202206 28.623 120.806 29.915
202209 30.743 120.648 32.172
202212 27.970 120.964 29.194
202303 27.682 122.702 28.484
202306 28.217 124.203 28.684
202309 28.449 125.230 28.682
202312 27.701 125.072 27.963
202403 28.285 126.258 28.285

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.


Fortis  (STU:12F) 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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Fortis (STU:12F) Business Description

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Address
5 Springdale Street, Suite 1100, Fortis Place, St. John’s, NL, CAN, A1E 0E4
Fortis owns and operates eight utility transmission and distribution subsidiaries in Canada and the United States, serving more than 3.4 million electricity and gas customers. The company has smaller stakes in electricity generation and several Caribbean utilities. Subsidiary ITC operates electric transmission in seven U.S. states, with more than 16,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines in operation.

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