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International Biotechnology Trust (LSE:IBT) PB Ratio : 0.82 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is International Biotechnology Trust 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 (2024-05-25), International Biotechnology Trust's share price is £6.12. International Biotechnology Trust's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was £7.49. Hence, International Biotechnology Trust's PB Ratio of today is 0.82.

Good Sign:

International Biotechnology Trust PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.84) is close to 5-year low of 0.76

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

LSE:IBT' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 0.94   Max: 1.53
Current: 0.84

During the past 13 years, International Biotechnology Trust's highest PB Ratio was 1.53. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 0.94.

LSE:IBT's PB Ratio is ranked better than
70.59% of 1690 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.95 vs LSE:IBT: 0.84

During the past 12 months, International Biotechnology Trust's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of International Biotechnology Trust was 36.00% per year. The lowest was -2.40% per year. And the median was 6.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


International Biotechnology Trust PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for International Biotechnology Trust'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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International Biotechnology Trust PB Ratio Chart

International Biotechnology Trust Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.02 0.99 0.93 0.93 0.94

International Biotechnology Trust Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.98 0.93 0.95 0.94 0.91

Competitive Comparison of International Biotechnology Trust's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, International Biotechnology Trust'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.


International Biotechnology Trust's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, International Biotechnology Trust's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where International Biotechnology Trust's PB Ratio falls into.



International Biotechnology Trust 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.

International Biotechnology Trust's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Feb. 2024)
=6.12/7.489
=0.82

* 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.


International Biotechnology Trust  (LSE:IBT) 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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International Biotechnology Trust (LSE:IBT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
65 Gresham Street, 6th Floor, London, GBR, EC2V 7NQ
International Biotechnology Trust PLC is an investment trust company. It aims at achieving long-term capital growth by investing in biotechnology and other life sciences companies. It seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of companies which has good growth prospects. It focuses on investments in biotechnology companies which are engaged in on drug discovery and development, medical devices companies and healthcare services provider. The invests in various financial instruments such as equities, index-linked securities, debt securities, cash deposits, money market instruments and foreign currency exchange transactions. Its revenue comprises of dividend, interest and other income from investment made.

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