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Nevsun Resources (Nevsun Resources) PB Ratio : 1.74 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Nevsun Resources 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 (2024-05-05), Nevsun Resources's share price is $4.44. Nevsun Resources's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $2.56. Hence, Nevsun Resources's PB Ratio of today is 1.74.

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

NSU's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.36
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Nevsun Resources PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nevsun Resources'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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Nevsun Resources PB Ratio Chart

Nevsun Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.09 1.15 0.83 1.04 0.92

Nevsun Resources Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 0.75 0.92 0.90 1.33 1.73

Competitive Comparison of Nevsun Resources's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Nevsun Resources'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.


Nevsun Resources's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Nevsun Resources's PB Ratio falls into.



Nevsun Resources 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.

Nevsun Resources's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2018)
=4.44/2.556
=1.74

* 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.


Nevsun Resources  (AMEX:NSU) 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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Nevsun Resources (Nevsun Resources) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1066 West Hastings Street, Suite 1750, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3X1
Nevsun Resources Ltd is involved in acquisition, exploration, development and operation of mineral property interests. The company primarily engages in copper and zinc production at Bisha, a large, high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit located 150km west of Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa. The company generates revenue through the sale of copper and zinc concentrates which contain gold and silver by-products. Bisha is mined using conventional drill and blast open pit mining techniques to remove waste and deliver ore to the run of mine stock pile. Nevsun Resources also operates a high-grade copper and gold Timok project, a high-grade deposit located in the Bor mining district, in Serbia.