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Investor AB (Investor AB) PB Ratio : 0.41 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Investor AB 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 (2024-04-26), Investor AB's share price is $20.00. Investor AB's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $49.25. Hence, Investor AB's PB Ratio of today is 0.41.

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

IVSBY' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.69   Med: 0.92   Max: 1.18
Current: 1.04

During the past 13 years, Investor AB's highest PB Ratio was 1.18. The lowest was 0.69. And the median was 0.92.

IVSBY's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
67.55% of 1692 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.93 vs IVSBY: 1.04

During the past 12 months, Investor AB's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 23.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Investor AB was 89.00% per year. The lowest was -23.40% per year. And the median was 11.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Investor AB PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Investor AB's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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* 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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Investor AB PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Investor AB's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Investor AB'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.


Investor AB's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Investor AB's PB Ratio falls into.



Investor AB 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.

Investor AB's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=20.00/49.247
=0.41

* 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.


Investor AB  (OTCPK:IVSBY) 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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Investor AB (Investor AB) Business Description

Address
Arsenalsgatan 8C, Stockholm, SWE, SE-103 32
Investor AB is an industrial holding company with a long-term, active investment portfolio strategy. The company focuses on investing in companies that emphasize innovation and product development. Investor AB's so-called "buy-to-build" strategy seeks not to divest holdings, but rather to develop them over time in order to close the gap between price and value. A majority of its equity investments are made in the country of Sweden and greater Scandinavia, where the company mostly operates. The company measures performance by changes in net asset value and seeks to outperform the Stockholm Stock Exchange's OMSX Index. In 2015, Investor AB also formed and currently operates Patricia Industries, a sizable component of the company that was formed to manage its unlisted investments.

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