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New China Life Insurance Co (New China Life Insurance Co) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.19 (As of Jun. 20, 2024)


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What is New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-20), New China Life Insurance Co's current share price is $2.003. New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.69. New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.19.

The historical rank and industry rank for New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NWWCF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1.69   Max: 3.59
Current: 1.17

During the past years, New China Life Insurance Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.59. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 1.69.

NWWCF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
50.84% of 415 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs NWWCF: 1.17

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.

New China Life Insurance Co's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $4.184. 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 $1.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for New China Life Insurance Co'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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New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

New China Life Insurance Co 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 2.81 2.92 1.77 1.24 1.18

New China Life Insurance Co 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 1.22 1.45 1.42 1.18 1.11

Competitive Comparison of New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, New China Life Insurance Co'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.


New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



New China Life Insurance Co 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.

New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=2.003/1.69
=1.19

* 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.

New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, New China Life Insurance Co'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)
=4.184/115.2271*115.2271
=4.184

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 115.2271.

New China Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 2.227 98.200 2.613
201409 2.445 98.900 2.849
201412 2.505 99.000 2.916
201503 2.772 99.900 3.197
201506 2.941 99.500 3.406
201509 2.723 100.500 3.122
201512 2.875 100.600 3.293
201603 2.822 102.200 3.182
201606 2.808 101.400 3.191
201609 2.872 102.400 3.232
201612 2.739 102.600 3.076
201703 2.864 103.200 3.198
201706 2.907 103.100 3.249
201709 3.104 104.100 3.436
201712 3.098 104.500 3.416
201803 3.323 105.300 3.636
201806 3.261 104.900 3.582
201809 3.115 106.600 3.367
201812 3.054 106.500 3.304
201903 3.496 107.700 3.740
201906 3.559 107.700 3.808
201909 3.596 109.800 3.774
201912 3.860 111.200 4.000
202003 4.002 112.300 4.106
202006 4.127 110.400 4.307
202009 4.416 111.700 4.555
202012 4.984 111.500 5.151
202103 5.109 112.662 5.225
202106 5.311 111.769 5.475
202109 5.201 112.215 5.341
202112 5.461 113.108 5.563
202203 5.150 114.335 5.190
202206 5.003 114.558 5.032
202209 4.569 115.339 4.565
202212 4.505 115.116 4.509
202303 5.657 115.116 5.662
202306 5.026 114.558 5.055
202309 4.758 115.339 4.753
202312 4.717 114.781 4.735
202403 4.184 115.227 4.184

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.


New China Life Insurance Co  (OTCPK:NWWCF) 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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New China Life Insurance Co (New China Life Insurance Co) Business Description

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Address
A12 Jianguomenwai Avenue, New China Insurance Tower, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
Headquartered in Beijing, New China Life Insurance, or NCI, was founded by SOEs and private firms in 1996. The company is the fourth-largest life insurer in China in terms of total assets. Huijin Investment, the government's investment company owns 31% shares of New China Life. The company was listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges in 2011. New China Life offers comprehensive life insurance products and services to individual customers and institutional customers through nationwide distributional networks and diversified marketing channels, manages and deploys insurance funds through its subsidiaries, including Asset Management Company and Asset Management Company (Hong Kong).

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