What is Symetra Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?
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Symetra Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Symetra Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:
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Symetra Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart
Competitive Comparison of Symetra Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Symetra Financial'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.
Symetra Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Symetra Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Symetra Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.
Symetra Financial 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.
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.
Symetra Financial (NYSE:SYA) 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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Symetra Financial (Symetra Financial) Business Description
Symetra Financial Corp was incorporated in 2004 under the laws of Delaware. It is a financial services company in the life insurance industry. Its products are distributed domestically in all states and the District of Columbia, through benefits consultants, financial institutions, and independent agents and advisers. The Company manages its business through three divisions, namely The Benefits division, which includes the Benefits segment, provides medical stop-loss insurance, group life and disability income (DI) insurance, and limited benefit medical insurance as its principal products; The Retirement division, which includes the Deferred Annuities and Income Annuities segments, provides single-premium fixed deferred annuities (fixed annuities, including fixed indexed annuities), variable deferred annuities and single premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) as its principal products; The Individual Life Division, which includes the Individual Life segment, offers retail products, such as universal life (UL) and term life insurance, and products sold to institutions, including bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) and variable corporate-owned life Insurance (COLI), as its principal products. The Company faces significant competition for customers and distributors from insurance and other non-insurance financial services companies, such as banks, broker-dealers and asset managers, in each of its businesses. The Company's insurance operations are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations.
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