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Maxwell Technologies (Maxwell Technologies) PB Ratio : 2.72 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Maxwell Technologies 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 (2024-04-26), Maxwell Technologies's share price is $4.48. Maxwell Technologies's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $1.65. Hence, Maxwell Technologies's PB Ratio of today is 2.72.

The historical rank and industry rank for Maxwell Technologies's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MXWL's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.83
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Maxwell Technologies PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Maxwell Technologies'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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Maxwell Technologies PB Ratio Chart

Maxwell Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.14 1.90 1.63 2.02 1.05

Maxwell Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
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 2.19 2.19 1.51 1.05 2.71

Competitive Comparison of Maxwell Technologies's PB Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Maxwell Technologies'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.


Maxwell Technologies's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Maxwell Technologies's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Maxwell Technologies's PB Ratio falls into.



Maxwell Technologies 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.

Maxwell Technologies's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2019)
=4.48/1.65
=2.72

* 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.


Maxwell Technologies  (NAS:MXWL) 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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Maxwell Technologies (Maxwell Technologies) Business Description

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Address
3888 Calle Fortunada, San Diego, CA, USA, 92123
Maxwell Technologies Inc is a part of the electronic components industry. It engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing energy storage and power delivery solutions for automotive, heavy transportation, renewable energy, backup power, wireless communications and industrial and consumer electronics applications. Maxwell products are designed and built to provide failure-free performance for the life of the most demanding applications. The company is committed to providing cost-effective, energy-efficient, environmentally-conscious energy storage and power delivery solutions.
Executives
Rick Bergman director C/O ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., 2485 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
John Mutch director C/O PEREGRINE SYSTEMS, INC., 3611 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
David Lyle officer: Chief Financial Officer 6290 SEQUENCE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Steven J Bilodeau director C/O COHU, INC., 12367 CROSTHWAITE CIRCLE, POWAY CA 92064
Franz Fink director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 6501 WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE WEST, AUSTIN TX 78735
David L Schlotterbeck director 10221 WATERIDGE CIRCLE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Yon Jorden director 750 WEST JOHN CARPENTER FREEWAY, SUITE 1200, IRVING TX 75039
Mark Rossi director
Christopher Humphrey officer: VP of Marketing and Bus. Dev. 15353 BARRANCA PARKWAY, IRVINE CA 92618
Kevin Royal officer: Chief Financial Officer
John Warwick officer: Chief Operating Officer EMULEX CORPORATION, 3333 SUSAN STREET, COSTA MESA CA 92626
David Schramm director, officer: CEO and President C/O MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 9244 BALBOA AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
George Iii Kreigler officer: Sr. VP Worldwide Operations
Thomas L Ringer director C/O CALIFORNIA AMPLLIFIER INC, 460 CALLE SAN PABLO, CAMARILLO CA 93012
Tesfaye Hailemichael officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MITEK SYSTEMS, INC., 8911 BALBOA AVENUE SUITE B, SAN DIEGO CA 92123