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The Hanover Insurance Group (FRA:AF4) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.53 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is The Hanover Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-27), The Hanover Insurance Group's current share price is €120.00. The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €78.66. The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.53.

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

FRA:AF4' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.92   Med: 1.54   Max: 2.02
Current: 1.53

During the past years, The Hanover Insurance Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.02. The lowest was 0.92. And the median was 1.54.

FRA:AF4's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
64.42% of 416 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.17 vs FRA:AF4: 1.53

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.

The Hanover Insurance Group's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €64.595. 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 €78.66 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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The Hanover Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Hanover Insurance Group'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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The Hanover Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

The Hanover Insurance Group 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 1.98 1.63 1.66 1.62 1.43

The Hanover Insurance Group 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 1.52 1.32 1.30 1.43 1.58

Competitive Comparison of The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, The Hanover Insurance Group'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.


The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



The Hanover Insurance Group 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.

The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=120.00/78.66
=1.53

* 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.

The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, The Hanover Insurance Group'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)
=64.595/131.7762*131.7762
=64.595

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

The Hanover Insurance Group Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 46.861 100.560 61.408
201409 49.222 100.428 64.587
201412 52.539 99.070 69.884
201503 60.898 99.621 80.554
201506 59.031 100.684 77.260
201509 59.348 100.392 77.902
201512 60.725 99.792 80.188
201603 62.187 100.470 81.564
201606 62.731 101.688 81.292
201609 64.154 101.861 82.995
201612 63.889 101.863 82.651
201703 63.947 102.862 81.922
201706 62.394 103.349 79.556
201709 58.809 104.136 74.419
201712 59.601 104.011 75.511
201803 55.589 105.290 69.573
201806 59.211 106.317 73.390
201809 60.424 106.507 74.760
201812 61.399 105.998 76.331
201903 63.646 107.251 78.200
201906 65.943 108.070 80.409
201909 70.778 108.329 86.097
201912 68.348 108.420 83.072
202003 65.174 108.902 78.864
202006 71.970 108.767 87.195
202009 71.666 109.815 85.998
202012 72.346 109.897 86.749
202103 70.699 111.754 83.365
202106 73.123 114.631 84.060
202109 74.072 115.734 84.339
202112 78.401 117.630 87.830
202203 72.252 121.301 78.491
202206 68.341 125.017 72.036
202209 65.136 125.227 68.543
202212 61.882 125.222 65.121
202303 62.502 127.348 64.675
202306 57.698 128.729 59.064
202309 55.390 129.860 56.208
202312 63.155 129.419 64.305
202403 64.595 131.776 64.595

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.


The Hanover Insurance Group  (FRA:AF4) 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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The Hanover Insurance Group (FRA:AF4) Business Description

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Address
440 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA, USA, 01653
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc is a holding company whose primary business is offering property and casualty insurance products and services. The company markets itself through independent agents and brokers in the United States while conducting business internationally through a wholly owned subsidiary, Chaucer Holdings Limited, domiciled in the United Kingdom. The company conducts business operations through three operating segments: Commercial Lines, Personal Lines and Other. The company operates an investment portfolio that is primarily exposed to fixed-income securities.

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