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Berkshire Hathaway (LIM:BRK_B) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.29 (As of Jun. 30, 2025)


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What is Berkshire Hathaway Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-30), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is $486.50. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $212.43. Berkshire Hathaway's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.29.

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

LIM:BRK_B' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.51   Med: 2.07   Max: 2.58
Current: 2.31

During the past years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.58. The lowest was 1.51. And the median was 2.07.

LIM:BRK_B's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
78.97% of 409 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.27 vs LIM:BRK_B: 2.31

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. 2025 was $303.370. 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 $212.43 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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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 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 1.92 2.11 1.91 1.98 2.22

Berkshire Hathaway 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 2.23 2.09 2.31 2.22 2.52

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.


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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
=486.50/212.43
=2.29

* 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. 2025 is calculated as:

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)
=303.37/134.9266*134.9266
=303.370

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 99.823 100.684 133.773
201509 100.722 100.392 135.371
201512 103.668 99.792 140.167
201603 104.913 100.470 140.893
201606 106.673 101.688 141.541
201609 109.189 101.861 144.633
201612 114.361 101.863 151.482
201703 118.715 102.862 155.721
201706 121.877 103.349 159.116
201709 124.957 104.136 161.905
201712 141.167 104.011 183.126
201803 140.790 105.290 180.420
201806 145.118 106.317 184.169
201809 152.474 106.507 193.160
201812 141.669 105.998 180.333
201903 150.369 107.251 189.172
201906 156.073 108.070 194.860
201909 162.450 108.329 202.335
201912 174.278 108.420 216.885
202003 152.905 108.902 189.446
202006 163.891 108.767 203.308
202009 176.215 109.815 216.511
202012 191.354 109.897 234.936
202103 195.757 111.754 236.347
202106 207.517 114.631 244.257
202109 210.962 115.734 245.946
202112 228.414 117.630 262.002
202203 230.312 121.301 256.183
202206 209.394 125.017 225.992
202209 207.102 125.227 223.144
202212 216.215 125.222 232.972
202303 231.955 127.348 245.759
202306 248.644 128.729 260.615
202309 242.275 129.860 251.729
202312 259.581 129.419 270.627
202403 265.085 131.776 271.422
202406 279.204 132.554 284.202
202409 291.720 133.029 295.881
202412 301.005 133.157 305.005
202503 303.370 134.927 303.370

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  (LIM:BRK_B) 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 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 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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