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Aflac (FRA:AFL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.26 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Aflac Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-01), Aflac's current share price is €78.84. Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €34.84. Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.26.

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

FRA:AFL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 2.33   Max: 3.1
Current: 2.16

During the past years, Aflac's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.10. The lowest was 1.14. And the median was 2.33.

FRA:AFL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
78.45% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs FRA:AFL: 2.16

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.

Aflac's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €34.850. 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 €34.84 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Aflac Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aflac'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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Aflac Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Aflac 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 2.27 1.67 1.82 2.00 2.13

Aflac 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 2.00 1.75 1.85 1.99 2.13

Competitive Comparison of Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Aflac'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.


Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Aflac 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.

Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=78.84/34.84
=2.26

* 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.

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

For example, Aflac'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)
=34.85/129.4194*129.4194
=34.850

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Aflac Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 12.481 99.695 16.202
201406 14.265 100.560 18.359
201409 15.376 100.428 19.815
201412 16.815 99.070 21.966
201503 19.850 99.621 25.787
201506 17.606 100.684 22.631
201509 17.979 100.392 23.178
201512 19.153 99.792 24.839
201603 21.651 100.470 27.889
201606 24.468 101.688 31.141
201609 24.878 101.861 31.609
201612 23.924 101.863 30.396
201703 23.892 102.862 30.060
201706 24.164 103.349 30.259
201709 23.407 104.136 29.090
201712 26.617 104.011 33.119
201803 25.384 105.290 31.201
201806 26.483 106.317 32.238
201809 26.093 106.507 31.706
201812 27.305 105.998 33.338
201903 30.882 107.251 37.265
201906 33.753 108.070 40.421
201909 36.361 108.329 43.440
201912 35.860 108.420 42.806
202003 33.261 108.902 39.528
202006 36.594 108.767 43.542
202009 39.192 109.815 46.189
202012 39.837 109.897 46.914
202103 39.615 111.754 45.877
202106 41.152 114.631 46.461
202109 43.027 115.734 48.115
202112 45.127 117.630 49.650
202203 41.544 121.301 44.324
202206 39.340 125.017 40.725
202209 39.100 125.227 40.409
202212 30.901 125.222 31.937
202303 30.495 127.348 30.991
202306 31.655 128.729 31.825
202309 36.192 129.860 36.069
202312 34.850 129.419 34.850

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.


Aflac  (FRA:AFL) 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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Aflac (FRA:AFL) Business Description

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1932 Wynnton Road, Columbus, GA, USA, 31999
Aflac Inc offers supplemental health insurance and life insurance in the two largest insurance markets in the world, the U.S. and Japan. In addition to its cancer policies, the company has broadened its product offerings to include accident, disability, and long-term-care insurance. It markets its products through independent distributors, selling most of its policies directly to consumers at their places of work.

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