Property & Casualty Insurance Companies By Book Value Per Share Ratio

Book Value Per Share
Book Value Per ShareEfficiencyMarket RiskExp Return
1WTM White Mountains Insurance
1.83 K
(0.02)
 1.39 
(0.03)
2MKL Markel
1.37 K
(0.04)
 1.16 
(0.04)
3CB Chubb
174.07
(0.02)
 1.03 
(0.02)
4ITIC Investors Title
140.98
 0.19 
 1.84 
 0.34 
5TRV The Travelers Companies
131.13
 0.07 
 1.29 
 0.10 
6AGO Assured Guaranty
117.14
(0.03)
 1.09 
(0.03)
7AIZ Assurant
108.81
 0.09 
 1.90 
 0.17 
8CINF Cincinnati Financial
91.5
 0.08 
 1.30 
 0.11 
9THG The Hanover Insurance
89.59
 0.06 
 1.32 
 0.08 
10ALL The Allstate
83.4
 0.09 
 1.59 
 0.14 
11KNSL Kinsale Capital Group
73.93
(0.10)
 1.53 
(0.16)
12AXS AXIS Capital Holdings
71.95
(0.06)
 1.34 
(0.08)
13ACGL Arch Capital Group
59.41
 0.01 
 1.39 
 0.01 
14SAFT Safety Insurance Group
58.63
(0.08)
 1.26 
(0.11)
15AFGE American Financial Group
57.08
 0.31 
 0.73 
 0.22 
16PGR Progressive Corp
55.62
(0.11)
 1.19 
(0.13)
17SIGI Selective Insurance Group
52.09
(0.04)
 2.58 
(0.09)
18STC Stewart Information Services
51.46
 0.11 
 2.25 
 0.25 
19FAF First American
50.11
 0.08 
 1.68 
 0.13 
20GBLI Global Indemnity PLC
48.35
(0.11)
 2.07 
(0.23)
The analysis above is based on a 90-day investment horizon and a default level of risk. Use the Portfolio Analyzer to fine-tune all your assumptions. Check your current assumptions here.
Book Value per Share (B/S) can be calculated by subtracting liabilities from assets, and then dividing it by the total number of currently outstanding shares. It indicates the level of safety associated with each common share after removing the effects of liabilities. In other words, a shareholder can use this ratio to see how much he or she can sell the stake in the company in the event of a liquidation. The naive approach to look at Book Value per Share is to compare it to current stock price. If Book Value per Share is higher than the currently traded stock price, the company can be considered undervalued. However, investors must be aware that conventional calculation of Book Value does not include intangible assets such as goodwill, intellectual property, trademarks or brands and may not be an appropriate measure for many firms.