Smiths Group (Smiths Group) Book Value per Share : $7.69 (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Smiths Group Book Value per Share?

Smiths Group's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $7.69.

During the past 12 months, Smiths Group's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -13.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the book value growth rate using book value per share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Smiths Group was 28.20% per year. The lowest was -15.80% per year. And the median was 5.10% per year.

Smiths Group's current price is $20.61. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $7.69. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Smiths Group is 2.34.

During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Smiths Group was 5.64. The lowest was 1.57. And the median was 2.75.

Smiths Group Book Value per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths Group's Book Value per Share can be seen below:

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Smiths Group Book Value per Share Chart

Smiths Group Annual Data

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Book Value per Share

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7.42

7.61

8.37

8.93

8.80

Smiths Group Semi-Annual Data
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Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															10.92	8.93	8.58	8.80	7.69

Competitive Comparison of Smiths Group's Book Value per Share

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Smiths Group's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 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.

Smiths Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Smiths Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smiths Group's PB Ratio falls into.

Smiths Group Book Value per Share Calculation

Smiths Group's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(3,072	-	0)	/	349
	=	8.80

Smiths Group's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(2,673	-	0)	/	348
	=	7.69

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total Stockholders Equity is a balance sheet item and equal to Total Assets less Total Liabilities of the company.

Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.

Smiths Group (OTCPK:SMGKF) Book Value per Share Explanation

Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.

For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.

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Smiths Group (Smiths Group) Business Description

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Address

11-12 St James’s Square, 4th Floor, London, GBR, SW1Y 4LB

Website

https://www.smiths.com

With its start as a London jeweler in the 19th century, Smiths Group has for most of its history operated as a company operating disparate but economically attractive businesses. Thematically, it runs businesses that manufacture niche products in security- or safety-sensitive industries. Today, the business is split across four divisions: mechanical seals, weapons detection, electrical connectors, and specialized hoses. The end customers for these products include airports, NASA, government security or defense departments, and hospitals.