Platinum Underwriters Holdings (FRA:PMU) Shiller PE Ratio : 16.39 (As of Jun. 09, 2024)

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Annual Data
	Trend	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14
Shiller PE Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	-	16.34	17.40

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Quarterly Data
	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14
Shiller PE Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															16.34	15.36	16.38	14.37	17.40

Competitive Comparison of Platinum Underwriters Holdings's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Insurance - Reinsurance subindustry, Platinum Underwriters Holdings's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE 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.

Platinum Underwriters Holdings's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Platinum Underwriters Holdings's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Platinum Underwriters Holdings's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Platinum Underwriters Holdings's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

* 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.

Platinum Underwriters Holdings's E10 for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

For example, Platinum Underwriters Holdings's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2014 was:

Current CPI (Dec. 2014) = 99.0697.

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Quarterly Data

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

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.

Platinum Underwriters Holdings  (FRA:PMU) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.

Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.

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