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Asatsu-DK (Asatsu-DK) PB Ratio : 1.15 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Asatsu-DK 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 (2024-05-11), Asatsu-DK's share price is $25.25. Asatsu-DK's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $21.92. Hence, Asatsu-DK's PB Ratio of today is 1.15.

The historical rank and industry rank for Asatsu-DK's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AASUF's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.475
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Asatsu-DK PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asatsu-DK'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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Asatsu-DK PB Ratio Chart

Asatsu-DK Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
PB Ratio
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Asatsu-DK Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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Competitive Comparison of Asatsu-DK's PB Ratio

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Asatsu-DK'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.


Asatsu-DK's PB Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Asatsu-DK's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asatsu-DK's PB Ratio falls into.



Asatsu-DK 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.

Asatsu-DK's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2017)
=25.25/21.923
=1.15

* 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.


Asatsu-DK  (OTCPK:AASUF) 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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Asatsu-DK (Asatsu-DK) Business Description

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Asatsu-DK Inc is a Japanese company. It is engaged in the advertising business. The company provides various advertising services including planning and execution of advertisements in various media such as magazines, newspapers, television, radio and digital media. It focuses on planning and production for ad expressions and content, and service activities such as sales promotion, marketing, and public relations. In addition, the company also engaged in publication and sales of magazines and books. The company manages its business in two reportable segments namely Advertising and Other business. It generates a majority of its revenue from advertising business in Japan.

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