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Berkshire Hathaway (NEOE:BRK) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.22 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-16), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is C$31.42. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$14.17. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.22.

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

NEOE:BRK' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.51   Med: 2.06   Max: 2.52
Current: 2.22

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.

NEOE:BRK's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
78.74% of 414 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.185 vs NEOE:BRK: 2.22

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 C$22.518. 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 C$14.17 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 2.26

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
=31.42/14.17
=2.22

* 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)
=22.518/131.7762*131.7762
=22.518

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 6.456 100.560 8.460
201409 6.659 100.428 8.738
201412 7.053 99.070 9.381
201503 7.758 99.621 10.262
201506 7.746 100.684 10.138
201509 8.385 100.392 11.006
201512 8.921 99.792 11.780
201603 8.708 100.470 11.421
201606 8.632 101.688 11.186
201609 8.982 101.861 11.620
201612 9.573 101.863 12.384
201703 9.973 102.862 12.776
201706 10.169 103.349 12.966
201709 9.629 104.136 12.185
201712 11.312 104.011 14.332
201803 11.427 105.290 14.302
201806 11.953 106.317 14.815
201809 12.472 106.507 15.431
201812 11.945 105.998 14.850
201903 12.617 107.251 15.502
201906 13.016 108.070 15.871
201909 13.499 108.329 16.421
201912 14.403 108.420 17.506
202003 13.395 108.902 16.209
202006 13.938 108.767 16.886
202009 14.630 109.815 17.556
202012 15.382 109.897 18.444
202103 15.441 111.754 18.207
202106 15.914 114.631 18.294
202109 16.775 115.734 19.100
202112 18.348 117.630 20.555
202203 18.298 121.301 19.878
202206 16.825 125.017 17.735
202209 17.336 125.227 18.243
202212 18.433 125.222 19.398
202303 19.917 127.348 20.610
202306 20.731 128.729 21.222
202309 20.572 129.860 20.876
202312 21.855 129.419 22.253
202403 22.518 131.776 22.518

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  (NEOE:BRK) 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 (NEOE:BRK) 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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