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United Bankshares (FRA:UNK) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.94 (As of May. 22, 2025)


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What is United Bankshares Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-22), United Bankshares's current share price is €32.60. United Bankshares's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €34.54. United Bankshares's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.94.

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

FRA:UNK' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73   Med: 1.3   Max: 2.31
Current: 0.95

During the past years, United Bankshares's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.31. The lowest was 0.73. And the median was 1.30.

FRA:UNK's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
52.39% of 1277 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 1.02 vs FRA:UNK: 0.95

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.

United Bankshares's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €34.450. 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 €34.54 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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United Bankshares Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Bankshares'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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United Bankshares Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

United Bankshares Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.16 1.17 1.20 1.05 1.01

United Bankshares Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 0.98 0.88 1.00 1.01 0.91

Competitive Comparison of United Bankshares's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, United Bankshares'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.


United Bankshares's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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


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United Bankshares 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.

United Bankshares's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=32.60/34.54
=0.94

* 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.

United Bankshares's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, United Bankshares'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)
=34.45/134.9266*134.9266
=34.450

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

United Bankshares Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 21.642 100.684 29.002
201509 21.901 100.392 29.435
201512 22.588 99.792 30.541
201603 22.352 100.470 30.018
201606 23.483 101.688 31.159
201609 23.647 101.861 31.323
201612 26.154 101.863 34.643
201703 25.957 102.862 34.048
201706 27.455 103.349 35.844
201709 26.084 104.136 33.797
201712 26.068 104.011 33.816
201803 25.079 105.290 32.138
201806 26.637 106.317 33.805
201809 26.841 106.507 34.003
201812 27.933 105.998 35.556
201903 28.486 107.251 35.837
201906 28.937 108.070 36.128
201909 29.991 108.329 37.354
201912 29.811 108.420 37.099
202003 29.748 108.902 36.857
202006 28.729 108.767 35.639
202009 27.921 109.815 34.306
202012 27.345 109.897 33.573
202103 28.174 111.754 34.016
202106 28.225 114.631 33.222
202109 29.149 115.734 33.983
202112 30.617 117.630 35.119
202203 30.664 121.301 34.108
202206 31.540 125.017 34.040
202209 33.309 125.227 35.889
202212 31.640 125.222 34.092
202303 31.885 127.348 33.783
202306 31.719 128.729 33.246
202309 32.283 129.860 33.543
202312 32.421 129.419 33.801
202403 32.715 131.776 33.497
202406 33.372 132.554 33.969
202409 33.101 133.029 33.573
202412 35.232 133.157 35.700
202503 34.450 134.927 34.450

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.


United Bankshares  (FRA:UNK) 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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United Bankshares Business Description

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Address
500 Virginia Street, 300 United Center, East Charleston, Charleston, WV, USA, 25301
United Bankshares Inc is a financial holding company that provides banking services. The company operates in one segment: Community banking, which accepts deposits, makes loans (for personal, credit card, commercial, and construction uses), provides brokerage services, safe deposit boxes, and related services.

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