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Metals Exploration (LSE:MTL) PB Ratio : 2.13 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Metals Exploration 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 (2024-05-16), Metals Exploration's share price is £0.0425. Metals Exploration's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.02. Hence, Metals Exploration's PB Ratio of today is 2.13.

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

LSE:MTL' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 2.38   Max: 8.07
Current: 2.3

During the past 13 years, Metals Exploration's highest PB Ratio was 8.07. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 2.38.

LSE:MTL's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
67.1% of 2383 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.42 vs LSE:MTL: 2.30

During the past 12 months, Metals Exploration's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 400.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Metals Exploration was 34.50% per year. The lowest was -12.60% per year. And the median was -6.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Metals Exploration PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metals Exploration'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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Metals Exploration PB Ratio Chart

Metals Exploration Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 4.83 1.75

Metals Exploration Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 20.25 4.83 2.31 1.75 0.90

Competitive Comparison of Metals Exploration's PB Ratio

For the Gold subindustry, Metals Exploration'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.


Metals Exploration's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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



Metals Exploration 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.

Metals Exploration's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2023)
=0.0425/0.02
=2.13

* 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.


Metals Exploration  (LSE:MTL) 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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Metals Exploration (LSE:MTL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Berkeley Square, Room 169, First Floor,, Berkeley Square House,, London, GBR, W1J 6DB
Metals Exploration PLC is a natural resource exploration and development company. The company identifies, acquires, and develops mining and processing projects, mining companies, and businesses with a focus on base and precious metals mining opportunities. The main asset of the company is a Runruno gold-molybdenum project in Northern Philippines. The company operates in geographic areas of the UK, Philippines, and Singapore.