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), Hubbell's share price is $128.17. Hubbell's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $49.71. Hence, Hubbell's PB Ratio of today is 2.58.
Warning Sign:
Hubbell Inc stock PB Ratio (=7.51) is close to 10-year high of 7.81
The historical rank and industry rank for Hubbell's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
HUB.A'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.55 Med: 3.89 Max: 7.81
Current: 7.51
During the past 13 years, Hubbell's highest PB Ratio was 7.81. The lowest was 2.55. And the median was 3.89.
HUB.A's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 91.15% of 2926
companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.9
vs HUB.A: 7.51
During the past 12 months, Hubbell's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Hubbell was 13.60% per year. The lowest was -3.80% per year. And the median was 7.40% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Hubbell PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Hubbell'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 Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Hubbell'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.
Hubbell's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Hubbell's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Hubbell's PB Ratio falls into.
Hubbell 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.
Hubbell'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.
Hubbell PB Ratio Related Terms
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Hubbell is a diversified conglomerate industrial company that mostly competes in the electrical components market. Its products and services serve vital portions of the U.S. electrical supply chain, including transmission and distribution as well as the commercial, industrial, and residential end markets. The company organizes its business into two segments: electrical and power systems. The consolidated business sells about two thirds of its products via distributors, with the remainder sold via direct sales to utilities and contractors. The 2018 acquisition of Aclara, folded into the utility solutions segment, brought Hubbell a portfolio of smart meters and communication sensors that serves electrical, water, and gas utilities.
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