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Direct Nickel (ASX:DIR) PB Ratio : (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Direct Nickel 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 (2024-05-17), Direct Nickel's share price is A$0.03. Direct Nickel's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was A$-87.37. Hence, Direct Nickel's PB Ratio of today is .

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

ASX:DIR's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.42
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Direct Nickel PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Direct Nickel'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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Direct Nickel PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Direct Nickel's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Direct Nickel'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.


Direct Nickel's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Direct Nickel's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Direct Nickel 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.

Direct Nickel's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2014)
=0.03/-87.366
=

* 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.


Direct Nickel  (ASX:DIR) 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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Direct Nickel (ASX:DIR) Business Description

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Direct Nickel Ltd is incorporated and domiciled in Australia. The Company is engaged in the research and development of nickel processing technology within the Oceania region. The Company has operations in Sydney and Perth. It also operates in Indonesia through its subsidiary, PT Direct Nickel with offices in Jakarta and has a 50% interest in a laterite deposit in Papua New Guinea.

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