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Xref (ASX:XF1) PB Ratio : (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Xref 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 (2024-05-16), Xref's share price is A$0.13. Xref's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.02. Hence, Xref's PB Ratio of today is .

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

During the past 13 years, Xref's highest PB Ratio was 56.88. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 20.45.

ASX:XF1's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 12 months, Xref's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -442.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 58.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Xref was 58.50% per year. The lowest was -64.60% per year. And the median was -45.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Xref PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Xref'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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Xref PB Ratio Chart

Xref Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.47 - - 53.13 -

Xref Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 340.00 53.13 39.29 - -

Competitive Comparison of Xref's PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Xref'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.


Xref's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Xref's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Xref 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.

Xref's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=0.13/-0.024
=

* 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.


Xref  (ASX:XF1) 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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Xref (ASX:XF1) Business Description

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Address
13 Hickson Road, Suite 13, Level 3, Dawes Point, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Xref Ltd is a human resources technology company that automates the candidate reference process for employers. It is involved in leveraging databases to provide predictive analytics that enables human resource directors to make data-driven decisions. The company transforms the phone-based, manual procedure into a cloud-based, electronic process. It requests referee information from the candidate and gathers other information, analyses the candidate, and provides the report. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Australia and also has a presence in Canada; the United Kingdom; Norway; New Zealand, and the United States.

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