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Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen Asset Management) PB Ratio : 2.38 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Aberdeen Asset Management 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 (2024-04-27), Aberdeen Asset Management's share price is $4.35. Aberdeen Asset Management's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $1.83. Hence, Aberdeen Asset Management's PB Ratio of today is 2.38.

The historical rank and industry rank for Aberdeen Asset Management's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ABDNF's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.93
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Aberdeen Asset Management PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aberdeen Asset Management'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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Aberdeen Asset Management PB Ratio Chart

Aberdeen Asset Management Annual Data
Trend Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.73 3.25 2.58 1.90 2.14

Aberdeen Asset Management Semi-Annual Data
Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17
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 3.61 1.90 1.82 2.14 1.85

Competitive Comparison of Aberdeen Asset Management's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Aberdeen Asset Management'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.


Aberdeen Asset Management's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Aberdeen Asset Management's PB Ratio falls into.



Aberdeen Asset Management 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.

Aberdeen Asset Management's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2017)
=4.35/1.826
=2.38

* 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.


Aberdeen Asset Management  (OTCPK:ABDNF) 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.


Aberdeen Asset Management PB Ratio Related Terms

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Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen Asset Management) Business Description

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Aberdeen Asset Management PLC was incorporated in United Kingdom on March 02, 1983. The Company provides asset management services. The Group is managed as a single asset management business, with multiple investment strategies of equities, fixed income and property, complemented by solutions business which provides multi asset and fund of alternatives services. It operates in Asia and Australia, Europe and America. The Company's clients include national and corporate pension funds, central banks and other investment institutions.

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