Sycamore Networks (Sycamore Networks) PB Ratio : 0.09 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

Sycamore Networks PB Ratio Chart

Sycamore Networks Annual Data
	Trend	Jul03	Jul04	Jul05	Jul06	Jul07	Jul08	Jul09	Jul10	Jul11	Jul12
PB Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.00	1.03	1.03	1.26	0.93

Sycamore Networks Quarterly Data
	Apr08	Jul08	Oct08	Jan09	Apr09	Jul09	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.25	1.01	0.93	1.13	0.94

Competitive Comparison of Sycamore Networks's PB Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Sycamore Networks'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.

Sycamore Networks's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sycamore Networks's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

Sycamore Networks 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.

Sycamore Networks's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

* 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.

Sycamore Networks  (OTCPK:SCMR) 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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