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Asciano (Asciano) PB Ratio : 2.20 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Asciano PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-05-05), Asciano's share price is $6.81. Asciano's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $3.10. Hence, Asciano's PB Ratio of today is 2.20.

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

AANOF's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 1.32
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Asciano PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asciano's 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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Asciano PB Ratio Chart

Asciano Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 1.49 - 2.14

Asciano Semi-Annual Data
Dec07 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16
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 1.49 1.54 - 2.07 2.14

Competitive Comparison of Asciano's PB Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, Asciano'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.


Asciano's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Asciano's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Asciano PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Asciano's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2016)
=6.81/3.096
=2.20

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Asciano  (OTCPK:AANOF) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Asciano (Asciano) Business Description

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Asciano Ltd is incorporated in Australia. The Company is engaged in development, operation and maintenance of toll roads. It operates in various divisions namely Pacific National Coal, Pacific National Rail, Terminals & Logistics, and Bulk & Automotive Port Services. The Pacific National Coal provides thermal coal haulage for use in power generation; and coking coal haulage for steelmaking. The Pacific National Rail segment offers intermodal rail and bulk haulage rail services, such as interstate rail freight services to the retail, manufacturing, mining, grain, construction materials, and steel making sectors. The Terminals & Logistics segment provides container services, which include lifting containers on and off ships, as well as facilitating the movement of containers on and off road and or rail. The Bulk & Automotive Port Services segment provides automotive stevedoring, vehicle processing, transport and storage, bulk and general stevedoring, port related, and infrastructure management services for bulk and general cargo. The Company is subject to environmental regulations under Australian Commonwealth and State laws and certain applicable laws in the USA.

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