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WTW (Willis Towers Watson) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : $96.26 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Willis Towers Watson 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.

Willis Towers Watson's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $81.977. 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 $96.26 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Willis Towers Watson's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 7.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 11.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 12.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 11.80% 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 Willis Towers Watson was 14.30% per year. The lowest was 2.80% per year. And the median was 10.70% per year.

As of today (2025-05-11), Willis Towers Watson's current stock price is $309.07. Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $96.26. Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 3.21.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Willis Towers Watson was 4.39. The lowest was 2.35. And the median was 3.38.


Willis Towers Watson Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willis Towers Watson'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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Willis Towers Watson Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Willis Towers Watson Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 60.36 68.08 79.25 87.92 95.01

Willis Towers Watson 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 89.78 91.83 92.91 95.01 96.26

Competitive Comparison of Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Willis Towers Watson'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.


Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Willis Towers Watson 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, Willis Towers Watson'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)
=81.977/135.6000*135.6000
=81.977

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 135.6000.

Willis Towers Watson Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 35.293 100.100 47.809
201509 35.227 100.200 47.672
201512 32.489 100.400 43.880
201603 80.582 100.400 108.834
201606 79.858 101.000 107.215
201609 78.483 101.500 104.850
201612 73.846 102.200 97.980
201703 75.890 102.700 100.201
201706 76.241 103.500 99.887
201709 74.953 104.300 97.446
201712 76.631 105.000 98.963
201803 80.594 105.100 103.982
201806 78.238 105.900 100.180
201809 77.352 106.600 98.395
201812 76.418 107.100 96.753
201903 78.105 107.000 98.982
201906 78.227 107.900 98.309
201909 76.914 108.400 96.213
201912 79.641 108.500 99.533
202003 79.738 108.600 99.562
202006 80.264 108.800 100.035
202009 81.593 109.200 101.319
202012 83.899 109.400 103.992
202103 89.367 109.700 110.466
202106 90.474 111.400 110.128
202109 91.440 112.400 110.314
202112 108.639 114.700 128.435
202203 98.064 116.500 114.141
202206 93.891 120.500 105.657
202209 90.538 122.300 100.384
202212 93.821 125.300 101.533
202303 94.902 126.800 101.488
202306 93.374 129.400 97.848
202309 91.075 130.100 94.925
202312 92.844 130.500 96.472
202403 92.836 131.600 95.658
202406 91.948 133.000 93.745
202409 74.273 133.500 75.441
202412 79.554 135.100 79.848
202503 81.977 135.600 81.977

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


Willis Towers Watson  (NAS:WTW) 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.

Willis Towers Watson's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=309.07/96.26
=3.21

* 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 Willis Towers Watson was 4.39. The lowest was 2.35. And the median was 3.38.


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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Willis Towers Watson Business Description

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Willis Towers Watson PLC is an advisory, broking, and solutions company that provides data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk, and capital. The company's segments include Health, Wealth & Career (HWC) and Risk & Broking (R&B). The HWC segment provides an array of advice, broking, solutions and technology for employee benefit plans, institutional investors, compensation and career programs, and employee experience overall. It focuses on four key areas: Health, Wealth, Career and Benefits Delivery & Outsourcing. The R&B segment provides risk advice, insurance brokerage and consulting services to clients ranging from small businesses to multinational corporations. Its R&B segment includes two businesses: Corporate Risk & Broking and Insurance Consulting and Technology.
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Anne Pullum officer: Head of Strategy and CAO C/O WILLIS TOWERS WATSON, 200 LIBERTY ST, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10281
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