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SLLDY (Sanlam) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.22 (As of May. 30, 2025)


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What is Sanlam Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-30), Sanlam's current share price is $9.96. Sanlam's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was $4.48. Sanlam's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.22.

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

SLLDY' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.35   Med: 2.17   Max: 3.8
Current: 2.01

During the past 13 years, Sanlam's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.80. The lowest was 1.35. And the median was 2.17.

SLLDY's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
74.32% of 405 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.22 vs SLLDY: 2.01

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.

Sanlam's adjusted book value per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was $5.309. 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 $4.48 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec24.

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Sanlam Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Sanlam 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 1.90 1.74 1.29 1.80 2.03

Sanlam Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 1.29 - 1.80 - 2.03

Competitive Comparison of Sanlam's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Sanlam'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.


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

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

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


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Sanlam 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=9.96/4.48
=2.22

* 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.

Sanlam's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 is calculated as:

For example, Sanlam's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec24 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec24)
=5.309/157.2121*157.2121
=5.309

Current CPI (Dec24) = 157.2121.

Sanlam Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201512 3.569 101.808 5.511
201612 3.858 109.002 5.564
201712 4.362 113.907 6.020
201812 4.709 118.921 6.225
201912 4.518 123.717 5.741
202012 4.218 127.467 5.202
202112 5.045 135.029 5.874
202212 4.792 145.156 5.190
202312 4.612 152.718 4.748
202412 5.309 157.212 5.309

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.


Sanlam  (OTCPK:SLLDY) 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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Sanlam Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Strand Road, Bellville, ZAF, 7530
Sanlam Ltd sells insurance products and provides investment and wealth management services. Its operating segments include Sanlam Life and Savings, further divided into SA Retail Affluent provides life insurance and investment solutions to the middle and upper level of the market, SA Retail Mass provides life insurance and investment solutions to the entry level market; and Sanlam Corporate provides employee benefits services, group risk and investment services to retirement funds and corporates; Sanlam Emerging Markets incorporates Sanlam's businesses outside of South Africa, except for Sanlam UK and the smaller businesses in Australia; Sanlam Investment Group incorporates investment and wealth management businesses; and Santam being Sanlam's general insurance provider in South Africa.