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Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) PB Ratio : 4.00 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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What is Agent Information Software 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 (2024-06-06), Agent Information Software's share price is $1.69. Agent Information Software's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was $0.42. Hence, Agent Information Software's PB Ratio of today is 4.00.

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

AIFS's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.58
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Agent Information Software PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Agent Information Software'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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Agent Information Software PB Ratio Chart

Agent Information Software Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03
PB Ratio
6.65 2.19 1.02 1.09 0.73

Agent Information Software Quarterly Data
Dec99 Mar00 Jun00 Sep00 Dec00 Mar01 Jun01 Sep01 Dec01 Mar02 Jun02 Sep02 Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03
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 1.09 0.86 1.24 0.95 0.73

Competitive Comparison of Agent Information Software's PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Agent Information Software'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.


Agent Information Software's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Agent Information Software's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Agent Information Software's PB Ratio falls into.



Agent Information Software 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.

Agent Information Software's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2003)
=1.69/0.423
=4.00

* 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.


Agent Information Software  (OTCPK:AIFS) 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.


Agent Information Software PB Ratio Related Terms

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Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) Business Description

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Address
760 East Francis Street, Units C & D, Ontario, CA, USA, 91761
Agent Information Software Inc provides software products and services that create, manage, publish, and access information content through the Internet or the web. The company offers data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. Additionally, it also renders software as a service (SaaS), database subscriptions, software maintenance, and support contract services. The Company derives its revenues from various software subscriptions, maintenance and support services, licensing and other non-recurring services.

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