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Independence Holding Co (Independence Holding Co) PB Ratio : 1.48 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Independence Holding 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 (2024-05-10), Independence Holding Co's share price is $57.01. Independence Holding Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $38.47. Hence, Independence Holding Co's PB Ratio of today is 1.48.

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

IHC's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.23
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Independence Holding Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Independence Holding 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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Independence Holding Co PB Ratio Chart

Independence Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.77 0.95 1.17 1.36 1.28

Independence Holding Co Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21
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 1.18 1.28 1.23 1.24 1.29

Competitive Comparison of Independence Holding Co's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Independence Holding 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.


Independence Holding Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Independence Holding Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Independence Holding Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Independence Holding 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.

Independence Holding Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2021)
=57.01/38.471
=1.48

* 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.


Independence Holding Co  (NYSE:IHC) 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.


Independence Holding Co PB Ratio Related Terms

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Independence Holding Co (Independence Holding Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
96 Cummings Point Road, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902
Independence Holding Co is engaged in the business of life and health insurance. It mainly provides disability and health coverages and related services to commercial and individual customers. The company's principal products include medical stop-loss, fully insured health products, ancillary products, pet insurance and occupational accident and medical health benefits coverages, New York short term disability, group term life, individual life, and annuities. It has business segments that include Specialty Health; Group disability, life, DBL and PFL segment; individual life, annuities and another segment. The company generates maximum revenue from the Specialty Health segment.
Executives
Steven B Lapin director 96 CUMMINGS POINT RD STAMFORD CT 06902
Gary Balzofiore officer: SVP - Specialty Health Ops 485 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Maggi Colleen P. officer: Corporate VP and CFO 96 CUMMINGS POINT ROAD STAMFORD CT 06902
Vincent J. Furfaro director, officer: SVP StrategicCorp. Dev. & CISO 485 MADISON AVE. 14TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10022
Ronald I Simon director 485 MADISON AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Larry Graber director, officer: Sr VP-Life & Annuities 96 CUMMINGS POINT RD STAMFORD CT 06902
James G Tatum director 96 CUMMINGS POINT RD STAMFORD CT 06902
David T Kettig officer: Co-Chief Operating Officer 96 CUMMINGS POINT RD STAMFORD CT 06902
Thung Roy T K director, officer: President and CEO 96 CUMMINGS POINT RD STAMFORD CT 06902
Michael Kemp officer: CUO & SVP C/O STANDARD SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE CO. 485 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022
Geneve Holdings Inc 10 percent owner 96 CUMMINGS POINT RD STAMFORD CT 06902
Teresa A Herbert officer: Sr VP & CFO 96 CUMMINGS POINT RD, STAMFORD CT 06902
Jeffrey C Smedsrud officer: Sr VP&Chief Strategic Officer 8009 34TH AVENUE SOUTH #360 BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Smh Associates Corp. 10 percent owner 96 CUMMINGS POINT ROAD STAMFORD CT 06902
Argent Investors Management Corp 10 percent owner 96 CUMMINGS POINT ROAD STAMFORD CT 06902

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