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Berkshire Hathaway (BUE:BRKB) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 3.41 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-24), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is ARS23192.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS6,794.24. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 3.41.

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

BUE:BRKB' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.92   Med: 2.46   Max: 3.23
Current: 2.92

During the past years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 3.23. The lowest was 1.92. And the median was 2.46.

BUE:BRKB's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
86.55% of 394 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs BUE:BRKB: 2.92

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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS53,714,498.828. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is ARS6,794.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PS 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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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.54 2.42 2.70 2.59 2.67

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 PS 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 2.46 2.64 2.67 2.67 3.03

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

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


Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

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

Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=23192.00/6794.24
=3.41

* 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 Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=53714498.828/131.7762*131.7762
=53,714,498.828

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201406 245,934.459 100.560 322,279.928
201409 262,352.027 100.428 344,244.852
201412 251,299.474 99.070 334,262.542
201503 261,123.242 99.621 345,407.033
201506 284,087.238 100.684 371,816.514
201509 337,572.900 100.392 443,105.980
201512 409,181.562 99.792 540,325.630
201603 463,657.001 100.470 608,128.938
201606 461,348.097 101.688 597,854.607
201609 533,908.954 101.861 690,710.803
201612 560,796.651 101.863 725,482.946
201703 610,912.692 102.862 782,636.898
201706 576,137.864 103.349 734,609.768
201709 644,183.034 104.136 815,167.842
201712 684,436.734 104.011 867,142.756
201803 618,041.484 105.290 773,516.430
201806 1,039,474.985 106.317 1,288,395.282
201809 1,749,429.831 106.507 2,164,494.959
201812 647,690.186 105.998 805,206.061
201903 1,930,664.632 107.251 2,372,162.821
201906 2,012,495.237 108.070 2,453,966.890
201909 2,599,308.929 108.329 3,161,902.986
201912 3,549,663.304 108.420 4,314,339.698
202003 -344,574.487 108.902 -416,952.168
202006 4,116,306.091 108.767 4,987,079.524
202009 4,425,676.922 109.815 5,310,744.600
202012 5,425,542.207 109.897 6,505,715.680
202103 4,130,811.517 111.754 4,870,883.335
202106 6,014,607.335 114.631 6,914,179.702
202109 4,912,029.969 115.734 5,592,885.114
202112 7,645,044.850 117.630 8,564,475.401
202203 5,013,001.048 121.301 5,445,909.174
202206 759,281.492 125.017 800,334.273
202209 6,008,758.636 125.227 6,323,033.701
202212 10,603,890.855 125.222 11,158,923.143
202303 16,302,081.457 127.348 16,868,971.011
202306 20,783,006.730 128.729 21,275,019.879
202309 15,340,724.956 129.860 15,567,150.959
202312 32,570,055.469 129.419 33,163,174.482
202403 53,714,498.828 131.776 53,714,498.828

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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 PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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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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