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Berkshire Hathaway (XSWX:BRK_B) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : CHF0.00 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Note: As Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is a main component used to calculate Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. If the month end stock price for this stock is zero, result may not be accurate due to the exchange rate between different shares and the data will not be stored into our database. Selected historical data showed in the calculation section below is only for demostration purpose.

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 CHF252.012. 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 CHF0.00 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 (2025-07-18), Berkshire Hathaway's current stock price is CHF270.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was CHF0.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is .

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:

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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

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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)
=252.012/134.9266*134.9266
=252.012

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 93.045 100.684 124.690
201509 97.952 100.392 131.648
201512 103.160 99.792 139.480
201603 102.930 100.470 138.230
201606 103.419 101.688 137.223
201609 106.262 101.861 140.756
201612 116.580 101.863 154.421
201703 118.893 102.862 155.955
201706 117.989 103.349 154.040
201709 120.271 104.136 155.833
201712 139.331 104.011 180.745
201803 133.469 105.290 171.038
201806 143.667 106.317 182.328
201809 147.641 106.507 187.037
201812 140.521 105.998 178.872
201903 150.444 107.251 189.266
201906 154.200 108.070 192.521
201909 160.923 108.329 200.433
201912 171.245 108.420 213.111
202003 146.682 108.902 181.736
202006 155.909 108.767 193.406
202009 161.219 109.815 198.085
202012 169.999 109.897 208.718
202103 181.522 111.754 219.160
202106 186.098 114.631 219.046
202109 190.006 115.734 221.515
202112 203.168 117.630 233.043
202203 205.808 121.301 228.926
202206 195.008 125.017 210.466
202209 193.172 125.227 208.135
202212 192.201 125.222 207.097
202303 203.498 127.348 215.609
202306 211.841 128.729 222.041
202309 205.948 129.860 213.984
202312 211.527 129.419 220.528
202403 221.304 131.776 226.595
202406 234.365 132.554 238.560
202409 232.252 133.029 235.565
202412 252.311 133.157 255.664
202503 252.012 134.927 252.012

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


Berkshire Hathaway  (XSWX:BRK_B) 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.

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

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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 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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