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Maximus (Maximus) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.98 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Maximus Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Maximus's current share price is $80.43. Maximus's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.21. Maximus's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.98.

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

MMS' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.21   Med: 7.3   Max: 11.47
Current: 3.98

During the past years, Maximus's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 11.47. The lowest was 3.21. And the median was 7.30.

MMS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
79.1% of 646 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.53 vs MMS: 3.98

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.

Maximus's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $28.146. 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 $20.21 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Maximus Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Maximus Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.29 5.62 5.74 3.32 3.77

Maximus Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.10 4.23 4.39 3.77 4.15

Competitive Comparison of Maximus's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Maximus'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.


Maximus's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Maximus's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Maximus 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=80.43/20.21
=3.98

* 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.

Maximus's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Maximus's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=28.146/129.4194*129.4194
=28.146

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Maximus Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 8.420 99.695 10.931
201406 8.736 100.560 11.243
201409 8.346 100.428 10.755
201412 8.468 99.070 11.062
201503 8.917 99.621 11.584
201506 9.677 100.684 12.439
201509 9.358 100.392 12.064
201512 9.387 99.792 12.174
201603 10.158 100.470 13.085
201606 10.817 101.688 13.767
201609 11.485 101.861 14.592
201612 11.742 101.863 14.919
201703 12.646 102.862 15.911
201706 13.655 103.349 17.100
201709 14.432 104.136 17.936
201712 15.373 104.011 19.128
201803 16.286 105.290 20.018
201806 16.372 106.317 19.930
201809 16.838 106.507 20.460
201812 17.493 105.998 21.358
201903 18.256 107.251 22.030
201906 19.032 108.070 22.792
201909 19.503 108.329 23.300
201912 20.312 108.420 24.246
202003 18.568 108.902 22.066
202006 19.489 108.767 23.189
202009 20.191 109.815 23.796
202012 21.127 109.897 24.880
202103 22.285 111.754 25.808
202106 23.644 114.631 26.694
202109 23.894 115.734 26.719
202112 24.678 117.630 27.151
202203 25.227 121.301 26.915
202206 24.983 125.017 25.863
202209 25.494 125.227 26.348
202212 26.015 125.222 26.887
202303 26.351 127.348 26.780
202306 26.863 128.729 27.007
202309 27.342 129.860 27.249
202312 28.146 129.419 28.146

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.


Maximus  (NYSE:MMS) 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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Maximus (Maximus) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1600 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Maximus Inc is an operator of government health and human services programs in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. The company offers business solutions to improve the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of government-sponsored benefit programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, Health Insurance BC, and child support programmes. Most of its revenue is derived from long-term contractual arrangements with governments around the world. The company generates maximum revenue from the U.S. Federal Services segment.
Executives
Teresa Weipert officer: General Mgr US Federal Segment 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Ilene R. Baylinson officer: Group General Manager 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Michelle F. Link officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Gayathri Rajan director 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON X1 20190
David Mutryn officer: Chief Financial Officer 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Theresa D Golinvaux officer: Principal Accounting Officer 9300 LEE HIGHWAY, FAIRFAX VA 20131
John Thomas Martinez officer: Secretary and General Counsel 1600 TYSONS BLVD, #1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael J. Warren director C/O WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Bruce Caswell other: Group President - Human Svcs 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190-5207
Raymond B Ruddy director C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
David Francis officer: General Counsel C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS RD, RESTON VA 20190
John J Haley director 901 N GLEBE ROAD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Richard A Montoni director, officer: CEO and Director C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS RD, RESTON VA 20190
Richard John Nadeau officer: Chief Financial Officer 1300 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 400, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Peter Pond director