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Mercury General (FRA:MCG) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : €35.81 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Mercury General 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.

Mercury General's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €26.651. 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 €35.81 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Mercury General's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was -1.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 2.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 1.20% 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 Mercury General was 13.70% per year. The lowest was 0.30% per year. And the median was 5.60% per year.

As of today (2024-06-05), Mercury General's current stock price is €50.50. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €35.81. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 1.41.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Mercury General was 1.86. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 1.42.


Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercury General'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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Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Mercury General Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 31.94 28.36 33.73 36.25 35.09

Mercury General 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 35.33 35.97 37.33 35.09 35.81

Competitive Comparison of Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercury General'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.


Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Mercury General 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, Mercury General'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)
=26.651/131.7762*131.7762
=26.651

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Mercury General Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 25.752 100.560 33.746
201409 27.145 100.428 35.618
201412 27.594 99.070 36.704
201503 31.332 99.621 41.445
201506 29.844 100.684 39.060
201509 29.550 100.392 38.788
201512 30.302 99.792 40.014
201603 29.374 100.470 38.527
201606 29.348 101.688 38.032
201609 29.266 101.861 37.861
201612 30.047 101.863 38.871
201703 29.515 102.862 37.812
201706 28.371 103.349 36.175
201709 26.932 104.136 34.081
201712 26.899 104.011 34.080
201803 24.686 105.290 30.896
201806 26.452 106.317 32.786
201809 26.856 106.507 33.228
201812 25.695 105.998 31.944
201903 27.490 107.251 33.776
201906 28.266 108.070 34.467
201909 29.568 108.329 35.968
201912 29.256 108.420 35.558
202003 26.540 108.902 32.115
202006 29.144 108.767 35.309
202009 29.152 109.815 34.982
202012 30.182 109.897 36.191
202103 31.925 111.754 37.645
202106 32.657 114.631 37.541
202109 32.927 115.734 37.491
202112 34.208 117.630 38.322
202203 31.292 121.301 33.994
202206 28.401 125.017 29.937
202209 28.209 125.227 29.684
202212 25.950 125.222 27.308
202303 24.615 127.348 25.471
202306 23.339 128.729 23.892
202309 23.257 129.860 23.600
202312 25.639 129.419 26.106
202403 26.651 131.776 26.651

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


Mercury General  (FRA:MCG) 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.

Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=50.50/35.81
=1.41

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Mercury General was 1.86. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 1.42.


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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Mercury General (FRA:MCG) Business Description

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4484 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90010
Mercury General Corp is an insurance holding company operating in the property-casualty market, where it focuses on low-cost auto insurance for individuals, with operations in nearly 13 United States of America states. However, its business--about 75% of premiums--comes from California, where it was established by George Joseph, the current company chairman, and majority owner. Its insurance is distributed exclusively through independent agents.

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