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Platinum Australia (ASX:PLA) PB Ratio : 0.34 (As of Jun. 25, 2024)


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What is Platinum 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 (2024-06-25), Platinum Australia's share price is A$0.07. Platinum Australia's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was A$0.20. Hence, Platinum Australia's PB Ratio of today is 0.34.

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

ASX:PLA's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.33
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Platinum Australia PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Platinum 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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Platinum Australia PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Platinum Australia's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Platinum 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.


Platinum Australia's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Platinum Australia's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Platinum 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2012)
=0.07/0.203
=0.34

* 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.


Platinum Australia  (ASX:PLA) 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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Platinum Australia (ASX:PLA) Business Description

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Platinum Australia Limited develops, explores and produces platinum and palladium. Its projects include the Smokey Hills Project, the Kalahari Platinum Project, Kalplats area of influence Project and the Stellex North Project.

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