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Elmer Bancorp (Elmer Bancorp) PB Ratio : 1.34 (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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What is Elmer Bancorp 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 (2024-06-09), Elmer Bancorp's share price is $19.80. Elmer Bancorp's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 was $14.81. Hence, Elmer Bancorp's PB Ratio of today is 1.34.

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

ELMA's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.85
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Elmer Bancorp PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Elmer Bancorp'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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Elmer Bancorp PB Ratio Chart

Elmer Bancorp Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
PB Ratio
1.80 2.84 2.26 1.95 1.32

Elmer Bancorp Quarterly Data
Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07
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 1.95 2.09 1.83 1.66 1.32

Competitive Comparison of Elmer Bancorp's PB Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Elmer Bancorp'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.


Elmer Bancorp's PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Elmer Bancorp's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Elmer Bancorp 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.

Elmer Bancorp's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2007)
=19.80/14.812
=1.34

* 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.


Elmer Bancorp  (OTCPK:ELMA) 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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Elmer Bancorp (Elmer Bancorp) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
10 South Main Street, P. O. Box 980, Elmer, NJ, USA, 08318
Elmer Bancorp Inc is a bank holding company incorporated in the State of New Jersey. Its First National Bank of Elmer (the Bank) operates under a national bank charter and provides a complete line of business and personal banking products. The Bank operates through its six full-service offices located in Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties in New Jersey. The majority of the Bank's activities are with customers located within Southern New Jersey.

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