Post #9699 by rayvt on the Berkshire Hathaway board

Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)

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I have P/B data for 61 arbitrary months from 10/2004 to 2/2023. 220 months.

The P/B ranges from 1.11 to 1.63.

I computed the gains for 6, 12, and 18 months for each of the 61 months, then looked at how the returns were distributed according to P/B.

P/B             6 mo.   12 mo.  18 mo.
Bucket: Count   Avg     Avg     Avg
1.10    3       9.80%   29.56%  44.54%
1.15    1      21.13%   31.87%  37.28%
1.20    6      11.75%   21.21%  33.34%
1.25    3       8.64%   10.51%  33.94%
1.30    7       7.96%   20.24%  21.21%
1.35   16       6.84%    7.65%  18.19%
1.40    7       6.93%    5.74%  11.86%
1.45    7       5.34%   16.04%  22.53%
1.50    6       3.24%    3.35%  -0.74%
1.55    5     -15.04%  -12.17% -11.43%

Read: There were 3 months where the P/B was between 1.10 and 1.15.

Yes, any conclusion is questionable since there were only 61 of the 220 months of data.

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