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Assured Guaranty (Assured Guaranty) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.04 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Assured Guaranty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Assured Guaranty's current share price is $78.46. Assured Guaranty's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $75.66. Assured Guaranty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.04.

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

AGO' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42   Med: 0.96   Max: 1.44
Current: 1.04

During the past years, Assured Guaranty's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.44. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 0.96.

AGO's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
55.21% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs AGO: 1.04

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.

Assured Guaranty's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $101.624. 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 $75.66 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Assured Guaranty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Assured Guaranty'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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Assured Guaranty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Assured Guaranty 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 1.14 0.65 0.86 0.92 0.99

Assured Guaranty Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.92 0.72 0.77 0.81 0.99

Competitive Comparison of Assured Guaranty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Assured Guaranty'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.


Assured Guaranty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Assured Guaranty 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.

Assured Guaranty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=78.46/75.66
=1.04

* 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.

Assured Guaranty's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Assured Guaranty'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)
=101.624/129.4194*129.4194
=101.624

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Assured Guaranty Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 28.754 99.695 37.327
201406 30.100 100.560 38.738
201409 32.531 100.428 41.922
201412 36.372 99.070 47.514
201503 37.858 99.621 49.182
201506 39.162 100.684 50.339
201509 40.715 100.392 52.488
201512 43.957 99.792 57.007
201603 45.253 100.470 58.292
201606 47.058 101.688 59.891
201609 50.697 101.861 64.413
201612 50.817 101.863 64.564
201703 53.947 102.862 67.875
201706 56.406 103.349 70.635
201709 58.319 104.136 72.479
201712 58.946 104.011 73.346
201803 59.661 105.290 73.334
201806 60.521 106.317 73.672
201809 61.732 106.507 75.012
201812 63.228 105.998 77.199
201903 65.210 107.251 78.689
201906 67.354 108.070 80.660
201909 68.936 108.329 82.357
201912 71.177 108.420 84.963
202003 69.346 108.902 82.411
202006 76.657 108.767 91.212
202009 79.624 109.815 93.839
202012 85.664 109.897 100.882
202103 84.677 111.754 98.062
202106 87.745 114.631 99.065
202109 88.431 115.734 98.888
202112 93.189 117.630 102.529
202203 89.202 121.301 95.172
202206 84.897 125.017 87.887
202209 81.177 125.227 83.895
202212 85.812 125.222 88.689
202303 88.065 127.348 89.498
202306 89.652 128.729 90.133
202309 90.834 129.860 90.526
202312 101.624 129.419 101.624

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.


Assured Guaranty  (NYSE:AGO) 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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Assured Guaranty (Assured Guaranty) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
30 Woodbourne Avenue, Hamilton, BMU, HM 08
Assured Guaranty Ltd. provides credit protection products to the United States and international public finance and structured finance markets, and manages assets across collateralized loan obligations as well as opportunity funds and liquid strategy funds that build on its corporate credit, asset-based finance, municipal and healthcare experience. The company is operating in two segments Insurance segment and the Asset Management segment. The majority of the revenue earned by the company is from the Insurance segment.
Executives
G Lawrence Buhl director 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, C/O ASSURED GUARANTY LTD, HAMILTON BERMUDA D0 0000
Stephen Donnarumma officer: Chief Credit Officer 30 WOODOURNE AVENUE, HAMILTON D0 HM08
Dominic Frederico director, officer: Deputy Chairman/President/CEO ACE LTD, ACE BLDG 30 WOODBOURNE AVE HAMILTON BER
Robert Bailenson officer: Chief Accounting Officer ASSURED GUARANTY LTD., 30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE, HAMILTON D0 HM08
Jorge A. Gana officer: Chief Risk Officer 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
Howard Albert officer: Chief Risk Officer 31 WEST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
David A. Buzen officer: Head of Asset Management* 850 3RD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Laura Bieling officer: Chief Accounting Officer* 30 WOODBOURNE AVE., 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
Holly Horn officer: Chief Surveillance Officer 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
Brewer Russell B. Ii officer: Chief Surveillance Officer 31 WEST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Shea Courtney C. director 1555 N. ASTOR STREET, APARTMENT 9W, CHICAGO IL 60610
Michelle Mccloskey director C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Lorin Radtke director 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
Thomas W Jones director ALTRIA GROUP INC, 6601 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Andrew T Feldstein officer: Chief Investment Officer 280 PARK AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017