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Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co (XKRX:000060) PB Ratio : 8.91 (As of May. 28, 2024)


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What is Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co 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 (2024-05-28), Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's share price is ₩51600.00. Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was ₩5,792.41. Hence, Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's PB Ratio of today is 8.91.

The historical rank and industry rank for Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XKRX:000060's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.245
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co'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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Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co PB Ratio Chart

Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Annual Data
Trend Mar12 Mar13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.45 1.07 0.82 0.64 1.52

Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 1.41 1.52 3.21 3.47 5.09

Competitive Comparison of Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co'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.


Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co 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.

Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2022)
=51600.00/5792.409
=8.91

* 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.


Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co  (XKRX:000060) 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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Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co (XKRX:000060) Business Description

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Address
382 Gangnamdae-ro, Meritz Tower, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, KOR
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd is a property and casualty insurance company. The company operates one segment that focuses on property and casualty insurance products in Korea. The company offers automobile insurance, life and health insurance, and commercial liability insurance products. Meritz generates all of its revenue in South Korea. Meritz also provides child insurance, cancer insurance, and assurance analysis services. The company considers merger and acquisition investment as a component of its operational growth strategy.

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