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Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund (Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund) PB Ratio : 0.99 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund 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 (2024-05-23), Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's share price is $16.78. Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was $16.90. Hence, Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's PB Ratio of today is 0.99.

The historical rank and industry rank for Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

APF's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.95
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund'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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Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund PB Ratio Chart

Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund'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.


Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's PB Ratio falls into.



Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund 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.

Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2018)
=16.78/16.896
=0.99

* 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.


Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund  (NYSE:APF) 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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Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund (Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund Inc is US-based closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investments in equity securities of Asian-Pacific issuers and in debt securities issued or guaranteed by Asian Pacific governments or governmental entities. Its investment portfolio includes common stocks, warrants, and short-term investments. The company may also use derivative instruments to enhance its returns. Its majority of the revenue is generated from interest income, dividend and other income from investment made.
Executives
Amay Ashok Hattangadi officer: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Patricia A Maleski director C/O J P MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, 522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Timothy J Knierim officer: CCO 100 MULBERRY STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Jakki L. Haussler director 221 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Nancy Everett director 1812 PARK AVE, RICHMOND VA 23220
Joseph C Benedetti officer: Vice President C/O INVESCO, 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281
John H Gernon officer: Principle Executive Officer 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
May Yu other: Portfolio Manager MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK X1 10036
Samuel Gene Rhee other: Portfolio Manager 522 FIFTH AVENUE 19TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Munib Mohammad Madni other: Portfolio Manager MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Arthur Jason Lev officer: President and PEO 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Sara Furber officer: President & PEO MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Arthur Pollock other: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVENUE- 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Mary Ann Picciotto officer: CCO of the Advisor LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC, 90 HUDSON STREET, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Frank J Smith officer: PFO & Treasuer C/O MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MAN, 1221 AVENUE OF THE AVENUE 22ND FL, NEW YORK NY 10020

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