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Lindsay Australia (ASX:LAU) PB Ratio : 1.86 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Lindsay Australia 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), Lindsay Australia's share price is A$0.89. Lindsay Australia's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was A$0.48. Hence, Lindsay Australia's PB Ratio of today is 1.86.

Good Sign:

Lindsay Australia Ltd stock PB Ratio (=1.87) is close to 2-year low of 1.78

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

ASX:LAU' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1.38   Max: 4.02
Current: 1.86

During the past 13 years, Lindsay Australia's highest PB Ratio was 4.02. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 1.38.

ASX:LAU's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
65.16% of 930 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.32 vs ASX:LAU: 1.86

During the past 12 months, Lindsay Australia's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Lindsay Australia was 17.30% per year. The lowest was -29.20% per year. And the median was 1.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Lindsay Australia PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lindsay Australia'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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Lindsay Australia PB Ratio Chart

Lindsay Australia Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.13 1.27 1.20 2.71 1.84

Lindsay Australia Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 1.20 2.02 2.71 2.49 1.84

Competitive Comparison of Lindsay Australia's PB Ratio

For the Trucking subindustry, Lindsay Australia'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.


Lindsay Australia's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Lindsay Australia 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.

Lindsay Australia's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2024)
=0.89/0.478
=1.86

* 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.


Lindsay Australia  (ASX:LAU) 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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Lindsay Australia Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
152 Postle Street, Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4110
Lindsay Australia Ltd is an integrated transport, logistics and rural supply company that has a specific focus on servicing customers in the food processing, food services, fresh produce and horticulture sectors. It includes transportation of general and refrigerated products and the sale and distribution of agricultural supply products. It operates through Transport, Rural segments, and Hunter segment . The Transport segment is involved in the cartage of general and refrigerated products, and ancillary sales. The Rural segment sells and distributes a range of agricultural supply products. The Hunter segment includes sale and distribution of a range of agricultural, home, timber and hardware products. The company generates maximum revenue from the Transport segment.

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