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Straight Path Communications (Straight Path Communications) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Straight Path Communications 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 (2024-04-25), Straight Path Communications's share price is $183.37. Straight Path Communications's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was $-1.59. Hence, Straight Path Communications's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Straight Path Communications's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

STRP's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.715
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Straight Path Communications PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Straight Path Communications'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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Straight Path Communications PB Ratio Chart

Straight Path Communications Annual Data
Trend Jul12 Jul13 Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17
PB Ratio
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Straight Path Communications Quarterly Data
Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17
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Competitive Comparison of Straight Path Communications's PB Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Straight Path Communications'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.


Straight Path Communications's PB Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Straight Path Communications's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Straight Path Communications's PB Ratio falls into.



Straight Path Communications 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.

Straight Path Communications's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Oct. 2017)
=183.37/-1.588
=

* 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.


Straight Path Communications  (AMEX:STRP) 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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Straight Path Communications (Straight Path Communications) Business Description

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Straight Path Communications Inc provides services to internet service and telecommunications providers. It holds licenses for fixed wireless spectrum in the United States, providing broad geographic coverage. The company has Straight path spectrum and Straight path IP group business segments. Straight path spectrum segment covers holding, leasing and marketing of fixed and mobile wireless spectrum. Straigh path IP group segment consists of holding intellectual property mainly related to communications and licensing and other businesses related to intellectual property. The firm generates majority of its revenues from its Straight path spectrum segment.
Executives
Fred S Zeidman director 109 NORTH POST OAK LANE, SUITE 422, HOUSTON TX 77024
Howard S Jonas 10 percent owner
William F Weld director C/O LEEDS WELD & CO, 660 MADISON AVE 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10021
Miller Lloyd I Iii other: Former 10% Owner
Idt Corp 10 percent owner 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102

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