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Honda Motor Co (Honda Motor Co) PB Ratio

: 0.66 (As of Today)
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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 (2024-04-19), Honda Motor Co's share price is $34.14. Honda Motor Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $51.79. Hence, Honda Motor Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.66.

The historical rank and industry rank for Honda Motor Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HMC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.72   Max: 1.42
Current: 0.71

During the past 13 years, Honda Motor Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.42. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.72.

HMC's PB Ratio is ranked better than
75.58% of 1253 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 1.43 vs HMC: 0.71

During the past 12 months, Honda Motor Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Honda Motor Co was 18.80% per year. The lowest was -4.00% per year. And the median was 9.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Honda Motor Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Honda Motor 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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Honda Motor Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.64 0.52 0.62 0.55 0.53

Honda Motor Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.47 0.53 0.59 0.66 0.60

Competitive Comparison

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Honda Motor 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.


Honda Motor Co PB Ratio Distribution

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Honda Motor Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Honda Motor Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Honda Motor 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.

Honda Motor Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=34.14/51.793
=0.66

* 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.


Honda Motor Co  (NYSE:HMC) 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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Honda Motor Co (Honda Motor Co) Business Description

Address
Number 1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 107-8556
Incorporated in 1948, Honda Motor was originally a motorcycle manufacturer. Today, the firm makes automobiles, motorcycles, and power products such as boat engines, generators, and lawnmowers. Including joint ventures, Honda sold 22.4 million cars and motorcycles in fiscal 2023 (3.7 million of which were autos), and consolidated sales were JPY 16.9 trillion. Automobiles constitute 63% of revenue and motorcycles 17%, with the rest split between power products and financial services. Honda also makes robots and private jets.