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Lonmin (Lonmin) PB Ratio : 0.38 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Lonmin 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), Lonmin's share price is $1.02. Lonmin's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $2.68. Hence, Lonmin's PB Ratio of today is 0.38.

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

LNMIY's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.37
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Lonmin PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lonmin'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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Lonmin PB Ratio Chart

Lonmin Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 0.10 0.47 0.38 0.24

Lonmin Semi-Annual Data
Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18
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 0.47 0.22 0.38 0.37 0.24

Competitive Comparison of Lonmin's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lonmin'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.


Lonmin's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lonmin's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lonmin 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.

Lonmin's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2018)
=1.02/2.677
=0.38

* 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.


Lonmin  (OTCPK:LNMIY) 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.


Lonmin PB Ratio Related Terms

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Lonmin (Lonmin) Business Description

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Address
Middelkraal Farm, LPD Building, P.O. Box x508, Marikana, North West Province, Rustenburg, ZAF, 0284
Lonmin PLC engages in exploring, mining, smelting, refining and marketing of platinum along with is associated group metals the Platinum Group Metals (PGM). Platinum is the primary product that the company offers and it accounts for the most of the company revenue. It also deals in the by-products that are produced from PGM mining which includes gold, copper, nickel, chrome and cobalt. Through its mining operations at Marikana located in Brits, South Africa the firm produces most of the group's total production other locations being Pandora and Akanani. Lonmin serves the Chinese and Japanese markets and generates the majority of its revenue through the sale of platinum.

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