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The Travelers (WBO:TRV) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.96 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is The Travelers Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-30), The Travelers's current share price is €198.30. The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €101.37. The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.96.

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

WBO:TRV' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 1.73   Max: 2.11
Current: 1.94

During the past years, The Travelers's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.11. The lowest was 1.09. And the median was 1.73.

WBO:TRV's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
74.33% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs WBO:TRV: 1.94

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.

The Travelers's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €100.525. 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 €101.37 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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The Travelers Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

The Travelers 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 1.68 1.61 1.61 1.79 1.74

The Travelers 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 1.60 1.60 1.50 1.74 2.10

Competitive Comparison of The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, The Travelers'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.


The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



The Travelers 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.

The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=198.30/101.37
=1.96

* 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.

The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, The Travelers'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)
=100.525/129.4194*129.4194
=100.525

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

The Travelers Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 55.432 100.560 71.341
201409 59.291 100.428 76.407
201412 62.514 99.070 81.665
201503 72.038 99.621 93.586
201506 69.061 100.684 88.771
201509 70.393 100.392 90.747
201512 73.210 99.792 94.945
201603 74.217 100.470 95.601
201606 76.294 101.688 97.100
201609 76.646 101.861 97.383
201612 78.732 101.863 100.031
201703 79.017 102.862 99.418
201706 76.961 103.349 96.375
201709 72.766 104.136 90.433
201712 73.886 104.011 91.935
201803 68.971 105.290 84.778
201806 72.340 106.317 88.059
201809 72.690 106.507 88.328
201812 76.342 105.998 93.211
201903 82.249 107.251 99.250
201906 86.089 108.070 103.096
201909 90.086 108.329 107.624
201912 91.384 108.420 109.084
202003 90.228 108.902 107.228
202006 94.492 108.767 112.434
202009 93.343 109.815 110.007
202012 95.100 109.897 111.994
202103 94.432 111.754 109.359
202106 96.992 114.631 109.504
202109 98.386 115.734 110.020
202112 105.991 117.630 116.614
202203 96.592 121.301 103.057
202206 91.188 125.017 94.399
202209 85.809 125.227 88.682
202212 87.689 125.222 90.628
202303 93.206 127.348 94.722
202306 88.127 128.729 88.600
202309 81.959 129.860 81.681
202312 100.143 129.419 100.143
202403 100.525 129.419 100.525

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.


The Travelers  (WBO:TRV) 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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The Travelers (WBO:TRV) Business Description

Address
485 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Travelers offers a broad product range and participates in both commercial and personal insurance lines. Its commercial operations offer a variety of coverage types for companies of any size but concentrate on serving midsize businesses. Its personal lines are roughly evenly split between auto and homeowners insurance. Travelers derives 6% of its premiums from foreign markets.