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Berkshire Hathaway (CHIX:BRYND) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : €191.58 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway 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.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €280.617. 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 €191.58 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Berkshire Hathaway's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 11.20% 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 13.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 12.50% 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 Berkshire Hathaway was 21.20% per year. The lowest was 7.40% per year. And the median was 11.80% per year.

As of today (2025-05-20), Berkshire Hathaway's current stock price is €453.90. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €191.58. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 2.37.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Berkshire Hathaway was 2.58. The lowest was 1.51. And the median was 2.07.


Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway'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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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 173.60 181.82 177.16 197.51 191.58

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway'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.


Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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


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Berkshire Hathaway 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, Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=280.617/134.9266*134.9266
=280.617

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 88.943 100.684 119.193
201509 89.743 100.392 120.615
201512 95.167 99.792 128.673
201603 94.212 100.470 126.522
201606 94.939 101.688 125.971
201609 97.287 101.861 128.868
201612 108.415 101.863 143.606
201703 110.999 102.862 145.600
201706 108.471 103.349 141.613
201709 104.839 104.136 135.838
201712 119.286 104.011 154.742
201803 114.180 105.290 146.320
201806 124.221 106.317 157.649
201809 130.671 106.507 165.539
201812 124.527 105.998 158.513
201903 133.076 107.251 167.416
201906 138.124 108.070 172.450
201909 147.505 108.329 183.721
201912 156.850 108.420 195.197
202003 138.379 108.902 171.449
202006 145.535 108.767 180.537
202009 149.607 109.815 183.818
202012 157.293 109.897 193.118
202103 164.436 111.754 198.532
202106 172.239 114.631 202.733
202109 179.318 115.734 209.054
202112 202.147 117.630 231.872
202203 209.124 121.301 232.615
202206 198.086 125.017 213.788
202209 209.173 125.227 225.376
202212 204.107 125.222 219.925
202303 216.646 127.348 229.539
202306 229.498 128.729 240.548
202309 227.012 129.860 235.870
202312 238.036 129.419 248.165
202403 243.878 131.776 249.708
202406 259.381 132.554 264.024
202409 262.840 133.029 266.589
202412 287.459 133.157 291.279
202503 280.617 134.927 280.617

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


Berkshire Hathaway  (CHIX:BRYNd) 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.

Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=453.90/191.58
=2.37

* 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 Berkshire Hathaway was 2.58. The lowest was 1.51. And the median was 2.07.


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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Berkshire Hathaway Business Description

Address
3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68131
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the companies that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire's largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.

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