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Willis Towers Watson (STU:WTY) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : €82.92 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Willis Towers Watson Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and 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.

Willis Towers Watson's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €85.409. 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 €82.92 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Willis Towers Watson's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 10.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 13.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 12.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 11.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Willis Towers Watson was 14.30% per year. The lowest was 2.80% per year. And the median was 10.50% per year.

As of today (2024-05-24), Willis Towers Watson's current stock price is €232.00. Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €82.92. Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 2.80.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Willis Towers Watson was 4.39. The lowest was 2.35. And the median was 3.44.


Willis Towers Watson Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share 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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Willis Towers Watson Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Willis Towers Watson Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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Willis Towers Watson Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share 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 75.19 76.94 82.70 78.73 82.92

Competitive Comparison of Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Willis Towers Watson'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.


Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Willis Towers Watson Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, Willis Towers Watson'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)
=85.409/131.6000*131.6000
=85.409

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.6000.

Willis Towers Watson Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 26.643 99.800 35.132
201409 26.175 100.000 34.446
201412 23.870 99.900 31.444
201503 31.329 99.600 41.395
201506 31.447 100.100 41.343
201509 31.387 100.200 41.223
201512 29.825 100.400 39.093
201603 72.363 100.400 94.850
201606 71.074 101.000 92.607
201609 69.928 101.500 90.665
201612 70.006 102.200 90.145
201703 70.957 102.700 90.924
201706 67.854 103.500 86.276
201709 62.886 104.300 79.346
201712 64.753 105.000 81.157
201803 65.362 105.100 81.842
201806 66.971 105.900 83.224
201809 66.290 106.600 81.836
201812 67.172 107.100 82.538
201903 69.123 107.000 85.015
201906 69.231 107.900 84.437
201909 69.837 108.400 84.784
201912 71.677 108.500 86.937
202003 72.163 108.600 87.446
202006 71.274 108.800 86.210
202009 69.273 109.200 83.483
202012 68.965 109.400 82.960
202103 75.068 109.700 90.054
202106 75.093 111.400 88.710
202109 77.724 112.400 91.001
202112 96.145 114.700 110.311
202203 89.042 116.500 100.583
202206 88.821 120.500 97.003
202209 91.443 122.300 98.397
202212 88.567 125.300 93.020
202303 88.639 126.800 91.994
202306 86.185 129.400 87.650
202309 85.338 130.100 86.322
202312 85.138 130.500 85.856
202403 85.409 131.600 85.409

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.


Willis Towers Watson  (STU:WTY) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

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.

Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=232.00/82.92
=2.80

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Willis Towers Watson was 4.39. The lowest was 2.35. And the median was 3.44.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


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Willis Towers Watson (STU:WTY) Business Description

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C/o Willis Group Ltd, 51 Lime Street, London, GBR, EC3M 7DQ
In January 2016, Towers Watson and Willis Group merged to form Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, insurance brokerage, and solutions company. The company operates in two business segments: health, wealth, and career (its consulting operations) and risk and brokering (its brokerage operations). It has about 47,000 employees.

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