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), Photronics's share price is $27.51. Photronics's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $16.57. Hence, Photronics's PB Ratio of today is 1.66.
The historical rank and industry rank for Photronics's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
PLAB'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66 Med: 0.95 Max: 2.02
Current: 1.66
During the past 13 years, Photronics's highest PB Ratio was 2.02. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 0.95.
PLAB's PB Ratio is ranked better than 67.18% of 972
companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.36
vs PLAB: 1.66
During the past 12 months, Photronics's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.10% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Photronics was 45.80% per year. The lowest was -20.10% per year. And the median was 6.65% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Photronics PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Photronics'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 Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Photronics'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.
Photronics's PB Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Photronics's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Photronics's PB Ratio falls into.
Photronics 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.
Photronics'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.
Photronics PB Ratio Related Terms
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Photronics Inc is a U.S.-based company that is principally engaged in manufacturing photomasks. The photomasks are photographic quartz plates that contain microscopic images of electronic circuits that are used as a component in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat-panel displays. The revenue from products designed for integrated circuits production accounts for the majority of total revenue, with the rest derived from products for flat-panel display production. The company's assets are located in Taiwan, Korea, and the United States. It generates revenue worldwide, including in the United States, Europe, Taiwan, Korea, China, and elsewhere in Asia, with Taiwan contributing the majority of total revenue.
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