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New China Life Insurance Co (SHSE:601336) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.27 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-26), New China Life Insurance Co's current share price is ¥33.99. New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥26.83. New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.27.

The historical rank and industry rank for New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:601336' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1.74   Max: 3.59
Current: 1.27

During the past years, New China Life Insurance Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.59. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 1.74.

SHSE:601336's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
54.2% of 417 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs SHSE:601336: 1.27

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.

New China Life Insurance Co's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥30.133. 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 ¥26.83 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for New China Life Insurance Co'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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New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

New China Life Insurance Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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New China Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data
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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 1.22 1.45 1.42 1.18 1.11

Competitive Comparison of New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, New China Life Insurance Co'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.


New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



New China Life Insurance Co 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.

New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=33.99/26.83
=1.27

* 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.

New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, New China Life Insurance Co'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)
=30.133/115.2271*115.2271
=30.133

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 115.2271.

New China Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 13.877 98.200 16.283
201409 15.007 98.900 17.484
201412 15.502 99.000 18.043
201503 17.291 99.900 19.944
201506 18.249 99.500 21.133
201509 17.336 100.500 19.876
201512 18.540 100.600 21.236
201603 18.349 102.200 20.688
201606 18.500 101.400 21.023
201609 19.156 102.400 21.556
201612 18.951 102.600 21.283
201703 19.747 103.200 22.048
201706 19.786 103.100 22.113
201709 20.391 104.100 22.571
201712 20.424 104.500 22.521
201803 20.994 105.300 22.973
201806 21.086 104.900 23.162
201809 21.353 106.600 23.081
201812 21.025 106.500 22.748
201903 23.463 107.700 25.103
201906 24.552 107.700 26.268
201909 25.580 109.800 26.844
201912 27.072 111.200 28.052
202003 28.095 112.300 28.827
202006 29.224 110.400 30.502
202009 30.078 111.700 31.028
202012 32.590 111.500 33.679
202103 33.262 112.662 34.019
202106 34.126 111.769 35.182
202109 33.581 112.215 34.482
202112 34.780 113.108 35.432
202203 32.673 114.335 32.928
202206 33.498 114.558 33.694
202209 32.073 115.339 32.042
202212 31.407 115.116 31.437
202303 38.981 115.116 39.019
202306 35.994 114.558 36.204
202309 34.720 115.339 34.686
202312 33.680 114.781 33.811
202403 30.133 115.227 30.133

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.


New China Life Insurance Co  (SHSE:601336) 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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New China Life Insurance Co (SHSE:601336) Business Description

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Address
A12 Jianguomenwai Avenue, New China Insurance Tower, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
Headquartered in Beijing, New China Life Insurance, or NCI, was founded by SOEs and private firms in 1996. The company is the fourth-largest life insurer in China in terms of total assets. Huijin Investment, the government's investment company owns 31% shares of New China Life. The company was listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges in 2011. New China Life offers comprehensive life insurance products and services to individual customers and institutional customers through nationwide distributional networks and diversified marketing channels, manages and deploys insurance funds through its subsidiaries, including Asset Management Company and Asset Management Company (Hong Kong).
Executives
Kang Dian senior management
Zhu Nan Song Supervisors

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