GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Financial Services » Insurance » Berkshire Hathaway Inc (XTER:BRYN) » Definitions » Shiller PE Ratio

Berkshire Hathaway (XTER:BRYN) Shiller PE Ratio : 20.56 (As of May. 11, 2024)


View and export this data going back to 1998. Start your Free Trial

What is Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-11), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is €381.75. Berkshire Hathaway's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €18.57. Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 20.56.

The historical rank and industry rank for Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XTER:BRYN' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.51   Med: 22.64   Max: 29.7
Current: 20.44

During the past years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 29.70. The lowest was 15.51. And the median was 22.64.

XTER:BRYN's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
71.82% of 362 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.245 vs XTER:BRYN: 20.44

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €5.413. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is €18.57 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE 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.

* Premium members only.

Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.58 18.81 17.97 19.54 18.13

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Shiller PE 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 17.60 17.95 19.10 18.13 20.85

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE 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.


Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=381.75/18.57
=20.56

* 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.

Berkshire Hathaway's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=5.413/129.4194*129.4194
=5.413

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201406 1.908 100.560 2.456
201409 1.454 100.428 1.874
201412 1.367 99.070 1.786
201503 1.936 99.621 2.515
201506 1.451 100.684 1.865
201509 3.408 100.392 4.393
201512 2.040 99.792 2.646
201603 2.036 100.470 2.623
201606 1.805 101.688 2.297
201609 2.601 101.861 3.305
201612 2.416 101.863 3.070
201703 1.539 102.862 1.936
201706 1.538 103.349 1.926
201709 1.383 104.136 1.719
201712 11.148 104.011 13.871
201803 -0.374 105.290 -0.460
201806 4.166 106.317 5.071
201809 6.445 106.507 7.832
201812 -9.068 105.998 -11.072
201903 7.793 107.251 9.404
201906 5.079 108.070 6.082
201909 6.125 108.329 7.317
201912 10.730 108.420 12.808
202003 -18.494 108.902 -21.978
202006 9.658 108.767 11.492
202009 10.751 109.815 12.670
202012 12.334 109.897 14.525
202103 4.277 111.754 4.953
202106 10.230 114.631 11.550
202109 3.900 115.734 4.361
202112 15.652 117.630 17.221
202203 2.291 121.301 2.444
202206 -18.707 125.017 -19.366
202209 -1.284 125.227 -1.327
202212 7.724 125.222 7.983
202303 15.179 127.348 15.426
202306 15.245 128.729 15.327
202309 -5.512 129.860 -5.493
202312 15.889 129.419 15.889
202403 5.413 129.419 5.413

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

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.


Berkshire Hathaway  (XTER:BRYN) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Berkshire Hathaway (XTER:BRYN) Business Description

Address
3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68131
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the firms that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire's largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.

Berkshire Hathaway (XTER:BRYN) Headlines