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MetLife (WBO:METL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.96 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is MetLife Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-03), MetLife's current share price is €64.63. MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €67.50. MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.96.

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

WBO:METL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: 0.83   Max: 1.02
Current: 0.94

During the past years, MetLife's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.02. The lowest was 0.38. And the median was 0.83.

WBO:METL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
61.17% of 412 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs WBO:METL: 0.94

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.

MetLife's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €37.661. 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 €67.50 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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MetLife Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

MetLife 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 0.80 0.70 0.85 0.96 0.89

MetLife 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 0.76 0.75 0.83 0.89 -

Competitive Comparison of MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, MetLife'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.


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

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

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



MetLife 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=64.63/67.5
=0.96

* 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.

MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, MetLife's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=37.661/129.4194*129.4194
=37.661

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

MetLife Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 42.267 99.695 54.869
201406 45.464 100.560 58.512
201409 49.097 100.428 63.270
201412 51.623 99.070 67.438
201503 61.168 99.621 79.464
201506 55.353 100.684 71.151
201509 56.351 100.392 72.645
201512 56.808 99.792 73.674
201603 61.943 100.470 79.791
201606 64.134 101.688 81.624
201609 63.470 101.861 80.642
201612 58.437 101.863 74.246
201703 58.737 102.862 73.902
201706 58.126 103.349 72.789
201709 45.133 104.136 56.091
201712 47.510 104.011 59.116
201803 44.592 105.290 54.811
201806 45.903 106.317 55.878
201809 44.842 106.507 54.489
201812 48.361 105.998 59.047
201903 54.495 107.251 65.759
201906 60.339 108.070 72.259
201909 67.505 108.329 80.647
201912 65.036 108.420 77.632
202003 70.022 108.902 83.215
202006 74.057 108.767 88.119
202009 68.736 109.815 81.007
202012 68.637 109.897 80.830
202103 62.991 111.754 72.948
202106 66.644 114.631 75.241
202109 69.497 115.734 77.715
202112 72.342 117.630 79.593
202203 60.137 121.301 64.162
202206 44.005 125.017 45.555
202209 32.169 125.227 33.246
202212 36.206 125.222 37.420
202303 39.093 127.348 39.729
202306 36.887 128.729 37.085
202309 32.298 129.860 32.189
202312 37.661 129.419 37.661

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.


MetLife  (WBO:METL) 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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MetLife (WBO:METL) Business Description

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Address
200 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10166-0188
MetLife is one of the largest life insurers in the U.S. by assets and provides a variety of insurance and financial services products. The company is organized into five segments: U.S., Asia, Latin America, EMEA, and MetLife Holdings. The U.S. business contributes around 41% of earnings and is broken into the group benefits segment and the retirement solutions segment. The Asia segment contributes around 28% of earnings and is mainly composed of the Japan business with increasing contributions from India, China, and Bangladesh. The company also holds leading market positions in Mexico and Chile with the Latin America segment contributing around 6% of earnings. The EMEA and the MetLife segments contribute around 5% and 20% of earnings, respectively.

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