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Berkshire Hathaway (BUE:BRKB) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 38.46 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-22), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is ARS22607.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS587.85. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 38.46.

The historical rank and industry rank for Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:BRKB' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.97   Med: 28.8   Max: 36.64
Current: 34.45

During the past years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 36.64. The lowest was 20.97. And the median was 28.80.

BUE:BRKB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
87.86% of 313 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 11.43 vs BUE:BRKB: 34.45

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 Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS3,614,143.564. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is ARS587.85 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.39 26.87 30.64 28.78 30.89

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 28.05 30.51 30.70 30.89 34.97

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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.


Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=22607.00/587.85
=38.46

* 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.

Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=3614143.564/131.7762*131.7762
=3,614,143.564

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 17,821.624 100.560 23,353.993
201409 42,248.725 100.428 55,436.607
201412 14,780.791 99.070 19,660.466
201503 13,506.004 99.621 17,865.391
201506 25,390.214 100.684 33,230.992
201509 30,015.255 100.392 39,398.716
201512 24,082.015 99.792 31,800.382
201603 40,985.419 100.470 53,756.159
201606 38,342.215 101.688 49,687.145
201609 59,412.943 101.861 76,861.722
201612 38,811.626 101.863 50,209.238
201703 149,481.131 102.862 191,499.457
201706 55,457.817 103.349 70,711.989
201709 81,119.424 104.136 102,650.865
201712 57,250.173 104.011 72,532.742
201803 60,838.956 105.290 76,143.646
201806 72,697.450 106.317 90,106.114
201809 151,157.936 106.507 187,021.271
201812 145,768.180 105.998 181,218.466
201903 105,495.329 107.251 129,619.662
201906 152,728.402 108.070 186,231.716
201909 186,853.797 108.329 227,296.406
201912 265,713.478 108.420 322,954.069
202003 146,472.840 108.902 177,239.379
202006 316,351.448 108.767 383,273.205
202009 394,449.695 109.815 473,333.600
202012 368,483.609 109.897 441,845.165
202103 398,808.202 111.754 470,258.257
202106 443,049.732 114.631 509,314.290
202109 552,069.908 115.734 628,592.169
202112 256,317.375 117.630 287,143.358
202203 271,960.675 121.301 295,446.404
202206 391,665.566 125.017 412,842.114
202209 720,607.760 125.227 758,297.583
202212 659,369.838 125.222 693,882.788
202303 675,686.142 127.348 699,182.492
202306 1,282,593.093 128.729 1,312,956.970
202309 2,023,276.974 129.860 2,053,140.134
202312 2,174,505.893 129.419 2,214,104.867
202403 3,614,143.564 131.776 3,614,143.564

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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.


Berkshire Hathaway  (BUE:BRKB) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Berkshire Hathaway (BUE:BRKB) Business Description

Address
3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68131
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the firms that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire's largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.

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