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Mercury General (Mercury General) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.34 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-29), Mercury General's current share price is $51.66. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $38.51. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.34.

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

MCY' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 1.42   Max: 1.86
Current: 1.34

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

MCY's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
59.32% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs MCY: 1.34

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 adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.959. 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 $38.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercury General'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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Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Mercury General 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 1.37 1.47 1.40 0.88 0.97

Mercury General 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 0.88 0.81 0.77 0.72 0.97

Competitive Comparison of Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

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 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=51.66/38.51
=1.34

* 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.

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

For example, Mercury General'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)
=27.959/129.4194*129.4194
=27.959

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Mercury General Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 33.865 99.695 43.962
201406 34.989 100.560 45.031
201409 34.980 100.428 45.078
201412 34.024 99.070 44.447
201503 33.909 99.621 44.052
201506 33.495 100.684 43.055
201509 33.165 100.392 42.755
201512 33.009 99.792 42.809
201603 32.710 100.470 42.135
201606 32.975 101.688 41.968
201609 32.846 101.861 41.732
201612 31.695 101.863 40.269
201703 31.566 102.862 39.716
201706 31.878 103.349 39.919
201709 32.101 104.136 39.895
201712 31.833 104.011 39.609
201803 30.438 105.290 37.414
201806 30.902 106.317 37.617
201809 31.338 106.507 38.080
201812 29.232 105.998 35.691
201903 31.062 107.251 37.483
201906 31.939 108.070 38.249
201909 32.563 108.329 38.902
201912 32.507 108.420 38.803
202003 29.326 108.902 34.851
202006 32.819 108.767 39.050
202009 34.337 109.815 40.467
202012 36.717 109.897 43.240
202103 38.006 111.754 44.014
202106 39.346 114.631 44.422
202109 38.737 115.734 43.317
202112 38.653 117.630 42.527
202203 34.462 121.301 36.768
202206 30.022 125.017 31.079
202209 27.929 125.227 28.864
202212 27.490 125.222 28.412
202303 26.354 127.348 26.783
202306 25.287 128.729 25.423
202309 24.820 129.860 24.736
202312 27.959 129.419 27.959

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.


Mercury General  (NYSE:MCY) 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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Mercury General (Mercury General) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
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.
Executives
Joshua Eric Little director 192 E 200 N, THIRD FLOOR, ST. GEORGE UT 84770
Wei Pang officer: VP/Chief Technology Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Mark Allan Ribisi officer: President of AIS,subsidiary 16969 VON KARMAN AVE., IRVINE CA 92606
Katelyn Marie Gibbs officer: VP/Chief Experience Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Kelly Lynn Butler officer: VP/Chief Underwriting Officer 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Joseph Vicky Wai Yee director 4484 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES CA 90010
George Joseph director, officer: Chairman of the Board 4484 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
George Gwyer Braunegg director 6121 SHENANDOAH AVE., LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Abby Hosseini officer: VP/Chief Information Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Brandt Minnich officer: Vice President, Marketing 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Gabriel Tirador officer: President, other: Director
Charles Toney officer: Vice President
Jeffrey Michael Schroeder officer: VP/Chief Product Officer 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Mike Curtius director
Ramona L Cappello director 4600 SLEEPYTIME DR, BOULDER CO 80301