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Korea Fund (Korea Fund) PB Ratio

: 0.81 (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), Korea Fund's share price is $22.99. Korea Fund's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $28.37. Hence, Korea Fund's PB Ratio of today is 0.81.

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

KF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.45   Med: 0.82   Max: 1.5
Current: 0.81

During the past 6 years, Korea Fund's highest PB Ratio was 1.50. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.82.

KF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
72.04% of 1692 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.92 vs KF: 0.81

During the past 12 months, Korea Fund's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.10% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Korea Fund was 8.70% per year. The lowest was -5.20% per year. And the median was -4.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Korea Fund PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea Fund'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.

* Premium members only.

Korea Fund Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only 0.88 0.83 0.85 0.85 0.87

Korea Fund Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 0.87 0.85 0.84 0.87 0.82

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Korea Fund'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.


Korea Fund PB Ratio Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Korea Fund's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korea Fund's PB Ratio falls into.



Korea Fund 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.

Korea Fund's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=22.99/28.366
=0.81

* 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.


Korea Fund  (NYSE:KF) 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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Korea Fund (Korea Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
60 Victoria Embankment, London, GBR, EC4Y 0JP
Korea Fund Inc is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investment in securities, equity securities, of Korean companies. Its portfolio consists of the different sectors such as the auto components, banks, beverages, chemicals, aerospace and defense, insurance, machinery, and others.
Executives
Yan Hu director 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y 0JP
Simon James Crinage officer: See Remarks 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y 0JP
Stephen M Ungerman officer: Chief Compliance Officer 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Neil S Martin officer: See Remarks 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y0JP
Jpmorgan Asset Management (asia Pacific) Ltd other: See Explanation of Response 8 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 21ST FLOOR, CHATER HOUSE, HONG KONG K3 999077
Ayaz Hatim Ebrahim other: See Explanation of Response 21/F CHATER HOUSE, 8 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG K3 852
Carmine Lekstutis officer: Chief Legal Officer 4 NEW YORK PLAZA, FLOOR 19, NEW YORK NY 10004
Paul Francis Winship officer: Vice President & Secretary 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y OJP
John Wonki Cho other: See Explanation of Response 21/F CHATER HOUSE, 8 CONNAUGHT ROAD, CENTRAL K3 HK
Matthew J Sippel director 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Chung Jun Yun other: Portfolio Manager 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Gem Pushpaharan other: Affiliated Person 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
John Viggiano other: Affiliated Person 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Angela Borreggine officer: CLO and Secretary C/O ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS U.S. LLC, 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
City Of London Investment Group Plc 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS

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