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Berkshire Hathaway (HAM:BRH) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.20 (As of Jun. 13, 2024)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-13), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is €572500.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €260,126.00. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.20.

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

HAM:BRH' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.51   Med: 2.06   Max: 2.52
Current: 2.16

During the past years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.52. The lowest was 1.51. And the median was 2.06.

HAM:BRH's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
80.05% of 416 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.135 vs HAM:BRH: 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.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €365,817.220. 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 €260,126.00 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway'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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Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Berkshire Hathaway 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 2.08 1.92 2.11 1.91 1.98

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.83 1.97 1.97 1.98 2.23

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

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.



Berkshire Hathaway 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.

Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=572500.00/260126
=2.20

* 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.

Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=365817.22/131.7762*131.7762
=365,817.220

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 104,867.889 100.560 137,422.043
201409 112,165.044 100.428 147,177.209
201412 118,556.628 99.070 157,696.469
201503 135,794.223 99.621 179,625.066
201506 133,413.855 100.684 174,613.526
201509 134,614.542 100.392 176,698.155
201512 142,750.595 99.792 188,502.641
201603 141,317.291 100.470 185,350.666
201606 142,408.338 101.688 184,544.992
201609 145,930.563 101.861 188,788.398
201612 162,621.850 101.863 210,378.180
201703 166,497.838 102.862 213,299.467
201706 162,706.135 103.349 207,459.922
201709 157,257.917 104.136 198,998.716
201712 178,928.243 104.011 226,691.997
201803 171,270.820 105.290 214,355.827
201806 186,331.563 106.317 230,951.884
201809 196,005.737 106.507 242,509.544
201812 186,790.379 105.998 232,217.113
201903 199,614.869 107.251 245,262.156
201906 207,186.752 108.070 252,636.339
201909 221,256.694 108.329 269,145.462
201912 235,274.653 108.420 285,958.044
202003 207,569.243 108.902 251,169.048
202006 218,302.404 108.767 264,482.627
202009 224,409.537 109.815 269,288.011
202012 235,939.278 109.897 282,912.528
202103 246,653.304 111.754 290,843.449
202106 258,358.734 114.631 297,000.056
202109 268,975.956 115.734 306,258.640
202112 303,219.858 117.630 339,686.564
202203 313,686.477 121.301 340,775.525
202206 297,129.397 125.017 313,194.569
202209 313,759.720 125.227 330,170.240
202212 306,160.904 125.222 322,186.077
202303 324,968.752 127.348 336,269.235
202306 344,247.488 128.729 352,397.141
202309 340,516.904 129.860 345,542.865
202312 357,054.792 129.419 363,556.960
202403 365,817.220 131.776 365,817.220

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.


Berkshire Hathaway  (HAM:BRH) 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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Berkshire Hathaway (HAM:BRH) Business Description

Address
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 firms 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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