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PGR (Progressive) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 9.34 (As of Jun. 24, 2025)


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What is Progressive Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-24), Progressive's current share price is $266.435. Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $28.52. Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 9.34.

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

PGR' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.83   Med: 5.52   Max: 10.38
Current: 9.34

During the past years, Progressive's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 10.38. The lowest was 2.83. And the median was 5.52.

PGR's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
96.09% of 409 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.25 vs PGR: 9.34

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.

Progressive's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $49.390. 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 $28.52 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Progressive Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Progressive 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 6.15 5.36 5.98 6.64 8.77

Progressive Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 8.28 8.07 9.53 8.77 9.92

Competitive Comparison of Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Progressive'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.


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

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

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


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Progressive 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=266.435/28.52
=9.34

* 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.

Progressive's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Progressive's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=49.39/134.9266*134.9266
=49.390

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Progressive Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 12.561 100.684 16.833
201509 12.766 100.392 17.158
201512 12.490 99.792 16.887
201603 12.967 100.470 17.414
201606 13.465 101.688 17.866
201609 13.938 101.861 18.462
201612 13.722 101.863 18.176
201703 14.672 102.862 19.246
201706 15.475 103.349 20.203
201709 15.971 104.136 20.693
201712 15.961 104.011 20.705
201803 16.878 105.290 21.629
201806 18.037 106.317 22.891
201809 19.489 106.507 24.689
201812 17.709 105.998 22.542
201903 19.892 107.251 25.025
201906 21.977 108.070 27.439
201909 23.314 108.329 29.038
201912 22.543 108.420 28.054
202003 23.676 108.902 29.334
202006 27.634 108.767 34.280
202009 30.043 109.815 36.913
202012 28.272 109.897 34.711
202103 29.638 111.754 35.783
202106 31.071 114.631 36.572
202109 30.876 115.734 35.996
202112 30.352 117.630 34.815
202203 28.308 121.301 31.488
202206 25.916 125.017 27.970
202209 24.411 125.227 26.302
202212 26.324 125.222 28.364
202303 27.973 127.348 29.638
202306 27.706 128.729 29.040
202309 28.889 129.860 30.016
202312 33.800 129.419 35.238
202403 37.240 131.776 38.130
202406 39.853 132.554 40.566
202409 46.363 133.029 47.024
202412 43.671 133.157 44.251
202503 49.390 134.927 49.390

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.


Progressive  (NYSE:PGR) 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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Progressive Business Description

Address
300 North Commons Boulevard, Mayfield Village, OH, USA, 44143
Progressive underwrites private and commercial auto insurance and specialty lines; it has almost 24 million personal auto policies in force and is one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. Progressive markets its policies through independent insurance agencies in the US and Canada and directly via the internet and telephone. Its premiums are split roughly equally between the agent and the direct channel. The company also offers commercial auto policies and entered homeowners insurance through an acquisition in 2015.
Executives
John P Sauerland officer: Direct Group, President PROGRESSIVE, 7580 NORTHCLIFF AVE. -- SUITE 1000, BROOKLYN OH 44144
Steven Broz officer: Chief Information Officer C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Dyke Kahina Van director C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Devin C Johnson director 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Jonathan S. Bauer officer: Chief Investment Officer 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Patrick K Callahan officer: Personal Lines President C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Lori A Niederst officer: CRM President C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Jeffrey D Kelly director
Andrew J Quigg officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
John Jo Murphy officer: Claims President C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Mariann Wojtkun Marshall officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION, 6300 WILSON MILLS RD., MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Susan Patricia Griffith officer: Chief Human Resource, Officer 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Karen Bailo officer: Commercial Lines President 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143
Roger N Farah director POLO RALPH LAUREN CORP, 650 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Philip Bleser director 8760 CLAY ROAD SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77494