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Berkshire Hathaway (FRA:BRH) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : €256,077.00 (As of Mar. 2024)


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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. 2024 was €365,817.220. 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 €256,077.00 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Berkshire Hathaway's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 9.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 14.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 14.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 12.00% 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 11.75% per year.

As of today (2024-05-16), Berkshire Hathaway's current stock price is €572500.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €256,077.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 2.24.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Berkshire Hathaway was 2.52. The lowest was 1.51. And the median was 2.06.


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 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 231,380.00 241,309.00 257,586.00 249,293.00 256,077.00

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.



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. 2024 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=365817.22/129.4194*129.4194
=365,817.220

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 104,867.889 100.560 134,964.268
201409 112,165.044 100.428 144,544.964
201412 118,556.628 99.070 154,876.089
201503 135,794.223 99.621 176,412.496
201506 133,413.855 100.684 171,490.587
201509 134,614.542 100.392 173,537.932
201512 142,750.595 99.792 185,131.296
201603 141,317.291 100.470 182,035.694
201606 142,408.338 101.688 181,244.429
201609 145,930.563 101.861 185,411.943
201612 162,621.850 101.863 206,615.594
201703 166,497.838 102.862 209,484.634
201706 162,706.135 103.349 203,749.528
201709 157,257.917 104.136 195,439.650
201712 178,928.243 104.011 222,637.640
201803 171,270.820 105.290 210,522.101
201806 186,331.563 106.317 226,821.340
201809 196,005.737 106.507 238,172.292
201812 186,790.379 105.998 228,063.941
201903 199,614.869 107.251 240,875.675
201906 207,186.752 108.070 248,117.972
201909 221,256.694 108.329 264,331.830
201912 235,274.653 108.420 280,843.722
202003 207,569.243 108.902 246,676.923
202006 218,302.404 108.767 259,752.390
202009 224,409.537 109.815 264,471.831
202012 235,939.278 109.897 277,852.674
202103 246,653.304 111.754 285,641.752
202106 258,358.734 114.631 291,688.249
202109 268,975.956 115.734 300,781.245
202112 303,219.858 117.630 333,611.314
202203 313,686.477 121.301 334,680.799
202206 297,129.397 125.017 307,593.126
202209 313,759.720 125.227 324,265.189
202212 306,160.904 125.222 316,423.822
202303 324,968.752 127.348 330,255.104
202306 344,247.488 128.729 346,094.564
202309 340,516.904 129.860 339,362.876
202312 357,054.792 129.419 357,054.792
202403 365,817.220 129.419 365,817.220

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


Berkshire Hathaway  (FRA:BRH) 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
=572500.00/256077
=2.24

* 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 2.52. The lowest was 1.51. And the median was 2.06.


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 (FRA:BRH) Business Description

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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 firms 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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