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AICAF (Air China) PB Ratio : 2.07 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Air China 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 (2024-12-14), Air China's share price is $0.6798. Air China's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.33. Hence, Air China's PB Ratio of today is 2.07.

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

AICAF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.04   Med: 1.75   Max: 6.94
Current: 3.78

During the past 13 years, Air China's highest PB Ratio was 6.94. The lowest was 1.04. And the median was 1.75.

AICAF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
86.02% of 930 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.32 vs AICAF: 3.78

During the past 12 months, Air China's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -24.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -23.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Air China was 31.00% per year. The lowest was -36.80% per year. And the median was 6.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Air China PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Air China'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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Air China PB Ratio Chart

Air China Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.09 0.95 1.01 3.84 1.80

Air China Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 2.04 1.80 1.49 1.53 1.58

Competitive Comparison of Air China's PB Ratio

For the Airlines subindustry, Air China'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.


Air China's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Air China's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Air China 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.

Air China's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=0.6798/0.328
=2.07

* 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.


Air China  (OTCPK:AICAF) 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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Air China Business Description

Address
12 Tung Fai Road, 5th Floor, CNAC House, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, HKG
Air China is based in Beijing. It is one of the largest state-owned airlines and the flag carrier in China. The group operated a fleet of 905 aircraft as of 2023 and carried more than 115 million passengers in prepandemic 2019. It runs a spoke-and-hub model under which it gathers and distributes passengers from air hubs such as Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai.