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 (2024-04-28), Acme United's share price is $41.10. Acme United's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.18. Hence, Acme United's PB Ratio of today is 1.51.
The historical rank and industry rank for Acme United's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
ACU'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.91 Med: 1.42 Max: 2.36
Current: 1.51
During the past 13 years, Acme United's highest PB Ratio was 2.36. The lowest was 0.91. And the median was 1.42.
ACU's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 50.33% of 1794
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.49
vs ACU: 1.51
During the past 12 months, Acme United's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 20.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Acme United was 22.20% per year. The lowest was -29.80% per year. And the median was 8.30% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Acme United PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Acme United'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.
For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Acme United'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.
Acme United's PB Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Acme United's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Acme United's PB Ratio falls into.
Acme United 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.
Acme United's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
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.
Acme United PB Ratio Related Terms
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Acme United Corp is a supplier of first aid and medical products and cutting technology to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets. Its principal products sold across all segments are first aid kits and medical products, scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, and sharpening tools. The Company sells its products to mass market and e-commerce retailers, industrial distributors, wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors, office supply superstores, sporting goods stores, and hardware chains. The Company's reportable business segments consist of the United States, Canada, and Europe, out of which a majority of the company's revenue is derived from the United States.
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