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Berkshire Hathaway (LIM:BRK_B) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.23 (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-19), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is $415.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $186.49. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.23.

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

LIM:BRK_B' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.51   Med: 2.06   Max: 2.52
Current: 2.21

During the past years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.52. The lowest was 1.51. And the median was 2.06.

LIM:BRK_B's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
79.04% of 415 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs LIM:BRK_B: 2.21

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.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $265.084. 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 $186.49 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Berkshire Hathaway 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 2.08 1.92 2.11 1.91 1.98

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 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 1.83 1.97 1.97 1.98 2.23

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway'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.


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

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

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



Berkshire Hathaway 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=415.00/186.49
=2.23

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

For example, Berkshire Hathaway'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)
=265.084/131.7762*131.7762
=265.084

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 94.989 100.560 124.476
201409 96.362 100.428 126.441
201412 97.457 99.070 129.631
201503 97.976 99.621 129.600
201506 99.824 100.684 130.651
201509 100.722 100.392 132.210
201512 103.668 99.792 136.894
201603 104.913 100.470 137.603
201606 106.673 101.688 138.236
201609 109.188 101.861 141.255
201612 114.361 101.863 147.945
201703 118.715 102.862 152.085
201706 121.877 103.349 155.400
201709 124.957 104.136 158.124
201712 141.167 104.011 178.851
201803 140.790 105.290 176.207
201806 145.118 106.317 179.869
201809 152.475 106.507 188.651
201812 141.669 105.998 176.122
201903 150.369 107.251 184.755
201906 156.073 108.070 190.310
201909 162.450 108.329 197.611
201912 174.278 108.420 211.821
202003 152.906 108.902 185.024
202006 163.891 108.767 198.561
202009 176.216 109.815 211.457
202012 191.354 109.897 229.451
202103 195.757 111.754 230.829
202106 207.518 114.631 238.555
202109 210.962 115.734 240.203
202112 228.415 117.630 255.885
202203 230.313 121.301 250.202
202206 209.394 125.017 220.716
202209 207.101 125.227 217.933
202212 216.215 125.222 227.532
202303 231.954 127.348 240.020
202306 248.644 128.729 254.530
202309 242.275 129.860 245.851
202312 259.582 129.419 264.309
202403 265.084 131.776 265.084

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.


Berkshire Hathaway  (LIM:BRK_B) 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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Berkshire Hathaway (LIM:BRK_B) 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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