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White Mountains Insurance Group (White Mountains Insurance Group) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : $1,167.77 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is White Mountains Insurance Group 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.

White Mountains Insurance Group's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,656.154. 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 $1,167.77 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

During the past 12 months, White Mountains Insurance Group's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 12.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 11.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 9.60% 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 White Mountains Insurance Group was 16.40% per year. The lowest was 4.70% per year. And the median was 9.05% per year.

As of today (2024-04-27), White Mountains Insurance Group's current stock price is $1768.38. White Mountains Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,167.77. White Mountains Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 1.51.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of White Mountains Insurance Group was 1.64. The lowest was 0.94. And the median was 1.33.


White Mountains Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for White Mountains Insurance Group'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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White Mountains Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

White Mountains Insurance Group 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 746.61 815.37 938.26 1,055.93 1,167.77

White Mountains Insurance Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1,055.93 1,092.19 1,122.82 1,151.07 1,167.77

Competitive Comparison of White Mountains Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, White Mountains 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.


White Mountains Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



White Mountains Insurance Group 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, White Mountains Insurance Group's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=1656.154/129.4194*129.4194
=1,656.154

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

White Mountains Insurance Group Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 650.186 99.695 844.045
201406 667.505 100.560 859.074
201409 665.218 100.428 857.254
201412 667.484 99.070 871.966
201503 669.490 99.621 869.745
201506 666.819 100.684 857.131
201509 651.958 100.392 840.470
201512 695.836 99.792 902.420
201603 699.091 100.470 900.523
201606 780.673 101.688 993.570
201609 797.650 101.861 1,013.453
201612 785.026 101.863 997.397
201703 792.776 102.862 997.457
201706 797.813 103.349 999.065
201709 925.021 104.136 1,149.613
201712 931.291 104.011 1,158.791
201803 916.236 105.290 1,126.216
201806 924.455 106.317 1,125.339
201809 938.205 106.507 1,140.040
201812 895.995 105.998 1,093.976
201903 981.391 107.251 1,184.247
201906 987.113 108.070 1,182.124
201909 1,002.527 108.329 1,197.703
201912 1,023.906 108.420 1,222.221
202003 981.404 108.902 1,166.308
202006 1,020.711 108.767 1,214.518
202009 1,098.546 109.815 1,294.662
202012 1,259.184 109.897 1,482.872
202103 1,231.274 111.754 1,425.901
202106 1,279.501 114.631 1,444.563
202109 1,162.423 115.734 1,299.875
202112 1,175.736 117.630 1,293.579
202203 1,183.003 121.301 1,262.179
202206 1,129.268 125.017 1,169.036
202209 1,439.312 125.227 1,487.504
202212 1,456.713 125.222 1,505.544
202303 1,522.365 127.348 1,547.130
202306 1,531.840 128.729 1,540.059
202309 1,542.346 129.860 1,537.119
202312 1,656.154 129.419 1,656.154

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


White Mountains Insurance Group  (NYSE:WTM) 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.

White Mountains Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=1768.38/1167.77
=1.51

* 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 White Mountains Insurance Group was 1.64. The lowest was 0.94. And the median was 1.33.


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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White Mountains Insurance Group (White Mountains Insurance Group) Business Description

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Address
23 South Main Street, Suite 3B, Hanover, NH, USA, 03755-2053
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd is engaged in the business of making opportunistic and value-oriented acquisitions of businesses and assets in the insurance, financial services and related sectors, operating these businesses and assets through its subsidiaries and, if and when attractive exit valuations become available, disposing of these businesses and assets. The company conducts its business in four areas: municipal bond insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, capital solutions for asset and wealth management firms and other operations. White Mountains's municipal bond insurance business is conducted through its subsidiary HG Global Ltd. and its reinsurance subsidiary HG Re Ltd.
Executives
Weston M Hicks director C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION, 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Steven Yi director 700 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 640, LOS ANGELES CA 90017
Michaela Hildreth officer: Chief Accounting Officer 23 S MAIN STREET, SUITE 3B, HANOVER NH 03755
Peter M Carlson director BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL, INC., 11225 NORTH COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Morgan W Davis director 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755
Suzanne F. Shank director C/O PENSARE SPONSOR GROUP, LLC, 1720 PEACHTREE STREET, SUITE 629, ATLANTA GA 30309
Mary C Choksi director
Philip A Gelston director 80 SOUTH MAIN ST, C/O WHITE MOUNTAINS, HANOVER NH 03755
David Allen Tanner director C/O ARLON GROUP LLC, 277 PARK AVE, NEW YORK NY 10172
Margaret Dillon director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 DELAWARE ST. STE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Liam P Caffrey officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 23 S MAIN STREET, STE. 3B, HANOVER NH 03755
Robert Lawrence Seelig officer: EVP & General Counsel
George Manning Rountree director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755
Reid Tarlton Campbell officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755
Lowndes Andrew Smith director C/O WHITE MOUNTIAN INSURANCE GROUP, 80 S MIAN ST, HANOVER NH 03755