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E-L Financial (E-L Financial) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.64 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-30), E-L Financial's current share price is $805.45. E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,260.69. E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.64.

The historical rank and industry rank for E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ELFIF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.47   Med: 0.81   Max: 1.19
Current: 0.66

During the past years, E-L Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.19. The lowest was 0.47. And the median was 0.81.

ELFIF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
77% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs ELFIF: 0.66

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.

E-L Financial's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,477.084. 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 $1,260.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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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E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

E-L Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.74 0.64 0.66 0.58 0.63

E-L Financial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.54 0.63

Competitive Comparison of E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, E-L Financial'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.


E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



E-L Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=805.45/1260.69
=0.64

* 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.

E-L Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, E-L Financial's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=1477.084/125.4675*125.4675
=1,477.084

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

E-L Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 878.670 98.604 1,118.051
201406 917.409 99.473 1,157.145
201409 916.082 99.394 1,156.389
201412 847.057 98.367 1,080.423
201503 888.879 99.789 1,117.609
201506 907.564 100.500 1,133.028
201509 847.505 100.421 1,058.881
201512 803.612 99.947 1,008.804
201603 870.784 101.054 1,081.161
201606 912.341 102.002 1,122.229
201609 934.933 101.765 1,152.697
201612 877.558 101.449 1,085.329
201703 971.831 102.634 1,188.043
201706 993.590 103.029 1,209.986
201709 1,079.390 103.345 1,310.453
201712 1,031.912 103.345 1,252.811
201803 1,084.997 105.004 1,296.445
201806 1,088.294 105.557 1,293.572
201809 1,109.747 105.636 1,318.085
201812 973.887 105.399 1,159.320
201903 1,097.561 106.979 1,287.243
201906 1,112.952 107.690 1,296.675
201909 1,134.922 107.611 1,323.242
201912 1,136.350 107.769 1,322.965
202003 969.970 107.927 1,127.608
202006 1,140.148 108.401 1,319.646
202009 1,206.045 108.164 1,398.978
202012 1,308.995 108.559 1,512.871
202103 1,486.426 110.298 1,690.863
202106 1,584.532 111.720 1,779.517
202109 1,497.581 112.905 1,664.212
202112 1,399.567 113.774 1,543.412
202203 1,407.797 117.646 1,501.398
202206 1,282.334 120.806 1,331.816
202209 1,256.806 120.648 1,307.012
202212 1,254.444 120.964 1,301.148
202303 1,305.481 122.702 1,334.903
202306 1,380.477 124.203 1,394.528
202309 1,337.936 125.230 1,340.469
202312 1,477.084 125.468 1,477.084

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


E-L Financial  (OTCPK:ELFIF) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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E-L Financial (E-L Financial) Business Description

Address
165 University Avenue, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 3B8
E-L Financial Corp Ltd operates as an investment and insurance holding company that provides a broad range of wealth management products, individual insurance products, group plans, and financial services to meet the needs of individuals, professionals, and businesses. The firm has two segments; The Empire Life operating segment underwrites life and health insurance policies and provides segregated funds, mutual funds, and annuity products, and the E-L Corporate segment operations include the oversight of investments in equities held through holdings of common shares, investment funds, closed-end investment companies, and other private companies. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from the E-L Corporate segment.

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