Universal Security Instruments (Universal Security Instruments) Price-to-Tangible-Book

: 0.71 (As of Today)

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As of today (2024-04-19), Universal Security Instruments's share price is $1.655. Universal Security Instruments's Tangible Book per Share of Dec. 2023 for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.34. Hence, Universal Security Instruments's Price to Tangible Book Ratio of today is 0.71.

The historical rank and industry rank for Universal Security Instruments's Price-to-Tangible-Book or its related term are showing as below:

UUU' s Price-to-Tangible-Book Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17 Med: 0.59 Max: 4.15
Current: 0.71

During the past 13 years, Universal Security Instruments's highest Price to Tangible Book Ratio was 4.15. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 0.59.

UUU's Price-to-Tangible-Book is ranked better than
84.94% of 870 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 2.03 vs UUU: 0.71

A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. As of today, Universal Security Instruments's share price is $1.655. Universal Security Instruments's Book Value per Sharefor the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.35. Hence, Universal Security Instruments's P/B Ratio of today is 0.70.

Universal Security Instruments Price-to-Tangible-Book Historical Data

The historical data trend for Universal Security Instruments's Price-to-Tangible-Book 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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Universal Security Instruments Annual Data

Trend

Mar14

Mar15

Mar16

Mar17

Mar18

Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

Price-to-Tangible-Book

0.29

0.20

3.34

2.14

1.01

Universal Security Instruments Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Price-to-Tangible-Book																0.93	1.01	0.99	1.04	0.71

Competitive Comparison

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Universal Security Instruments's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book 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.

Universal Security Instruments Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Universal Security Instruments's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Universal Security Instruments's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.

Universal Security Instruments Price-to-Tangible-Book Calculation

Universal Security Instruments's price-to-tangible-book ratio for today is calculated as:

Price to Tangible Book	=	Share Price	/	Tangible Book per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	1.655	/	2.338
	=	0.71

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price to Tangible Book	=	Market Cap	/	Tangible Equity
	=	Market Cap	/	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock	-	Intangible Assets)

A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book Ratio and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.

Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The Price-to-Book Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the Price-to-Book Ratio cannot be applied to them.

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Universal Security Instruments (Universal Security Instruments) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

11407 Cronhill Drive, Suite A, Owings Mills, MD, USA, 21117

Website

https://www.universalsecurity.com

Universal Security Instruments Inc is a U.S based manufacturer and distributor of safety and security devices in the Peoples Republic of China . The company markets a line of residential smoke and carbon monoxide alarms under the trade names UNIVERSAL and USI Electric. It also markets products to the electrical distribution trade such as electrical and lighting distributors as well as manufactured housing companies. Its product portfolio consists of smoke and fire alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, multi-gas alarms, universal smoke sensing technology, and plug-in alarms.

Executives

Bitnile Holdings, Inc.	10 percent owner	11411 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PARKWAY, SUITE 240, LAS VEGAS NV 89141
North Star Investment Management Corp.	other: SEE NOTE 2 BELOW	20 N. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE # 1416, CHICAGO IL 60606
North Star Micro Cap Fund	10 percent owner	80 ARKAY DRIVE, SUITE 110, HAUPPAUGE NY 11788
Ira Bormel	director	11407 CRONHILL DRIVE, SUITE A, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Harvey B Grossblatt	director, officer: President, CEO	7-A GWYNNS MILL COURT, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Ronald A Seff	director	7-A GWYNNS MILL COURT, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Howard B Silverman	director	7-A GWYNNS MILL COURT, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Cary Luskin	director	7-A GWYNNS MILL COURT, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Michael L Kovens	10 percent owner	6 REGENCY CT, BALTIMORE MD 21208
James Ballard Huff	officer: Chief Financial Officer	7-A GWYNNS MILL COURT, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Ronald S Lazarus	10 percent owner	7-A GWYNNS MILL COURT, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Stephen C Knepper	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, CEO	7-A GWYNNS MILL COURT, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117