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The Travelers (The Travelers) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.95 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is The Travelers Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), The Travelers's current share price is $213.45. The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $109.58. The Travelers's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.95.

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

TRV' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 1.73   Max: 2.11
Current: 1.95

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.

TRV's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
75.06% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs TRV: 1.95

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 $109.266. 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 $109.58 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
=213.45/109.58
=1.95

* 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)
=109.266/129.4194*129.4194
=109.266

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

The Travelers Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 75.316 100.560 96.931
201409 76.406 100.428 98.463
201412 77.083 99.070 100.697
201503 77.964 99.621 101.284
201506 77.510 100.684 99.632
201509 79.004 100.392 101.848
201512 79.750 99.792 103.427
201603 82.647 100.470 106.460
201606 85.723 101.688 109.100
201609 86.023 101.861 109.296
201612 83.051 101.863 105.519
201703 84.510 102.862 106.329
201706 86.473 103.349 108.286
201709 86.730 104.136 107.788
201712 87.439 104.011 108.799
201803 85.044 105.290 104.534
201806 84.509 106.317 102.873
201809 84.819 106.507 103.066
201812 86.851 105.998 106.042
201903 92.936 107.251 112.146
201906 97.276 108.070 116.494
201909 99.213 108.329 118.528
201912 101.538 108.420 121.204
202003 99.699 108.902 118.483
202006 106.410 108.767 126.615
202009 109.945 109.815 129.573
202012 115.693 109.897 136.245
202103 112.419 111.754 130.189
202106 116.858 114.631 131.933
202109 115.748 115.734 129.435
202112 119.764 117.630 131.768
202203 106.379 121.301 113.499
202206 96.393 125.017 99.788
202209 84.959 125.227 87.804
202212 92.891 125.222 96.005
202303 99.792 127.348 101.415
202306 95.478 128.729 95.990
202309 87.469 129.860 87.173
202312 109.207 129.419 109.207
202403 109.266 129.419 109.266

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  (NYSE: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 (The Travelers) 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.
Executives
Maria Olivo officer: Executive Vice President THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC., 485 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
William H Heyman officer: Vice Chairman & CIO THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC, 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST PAUL MN 55102
Andy F Bessette officer: EVP and Chief Admin Officer THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC., 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Michael Frederick Klein officer: EVP & President, Personal Ins. 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Paul E. Munson officer: SVP & Corp. Controller 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Russell G. Golden director 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
David Donnay Rowland officer: EVP & Co-Chief Invest. Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Avrohom J. Kess officer: Vice Chmn & Chief Legal Off 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Daniel S. Frey officer: Chief Financial Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Jeffrey P. Klenk officer: EVP & Pres., Bond & Spec. Ins. 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Gregory C Toczydlowski officer: EVP & President, Business Ins. 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Diane Kurtzman officer: EVP & Chief HR Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Alan D Schnitzer officer: Vice Chairman 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Daniel Tei-hwa Yin officer: EVP & Co-Chief Invest. Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Douglas K Russel officer: Controller THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC, ONE TOWER SQ, HARTFORD CT 06183