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Vitreous Glass (Vitreous Glass) PB Ratio : 8.26 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Vitreous Glass 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 (2024-05-12), Vitreous Glass's share price is $3.99. Vitreous Glass's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.48. Hence, Vitreous Glass's PB Ratio of today is 8.26.

Good Sign:

Vitreous Glass Inc stock PB Ratio (=8.06) is close to 1-year low of 7.3

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

VCIGF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.67   Med: 5.38   Max: 9.49
Current: 8.06

During the past 13 years, Vitreous Glass's highest PB Ratio was 9.49. The lowest was 2.67. And the median was 5.38.

VCIGF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
95.24% of 231 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 1.56 vs VCIGF: 8.06

During the past 12 months, Vitreous Glass's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -11.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Vitreous Glass was 19.90% per year. The lowest was -6.10% per year. And the median was -1.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Vitreous Glass PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vitreous Glass'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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Vitreous Glass PB Ratio Chart

Vitreous Glass Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.26 5.37 9.47 6.05 5.44

Vitreous Glass Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 5.56 7.52 8.27 5.44 8.73

Competitive Comparison of Vitreous Glass's PB Ratio

For the Waste Management subindustry, Vitreous Glass'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.


Vitreous Glass's PB Ratio Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Vitreous Glass's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vitreous Glass's PB Ratio falls into.



Vitreous Glass 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.

Vitreous Glass's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=3.99/0.483
=8.26

* 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.


Vitreous Glass  (OTCPK:VCIGF) 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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Vitreous Glass (Vitreous Glass) Business Description

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Address
212 East Lake Boulevard, Airdrie, AB, CAN, T4A 0H5
Vitreous Glass Inc cleans, crushes, and sells waste glass to the fiberglass manufacturing industry. The company also removes the contaminates and crushes the glass to sand and then this sand is sold to fiberglass insulation manufacturers as furnace ready cullet for use in their production facilities. Its sole source of revenue is generated by providing crushed glass to its customers.

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