BAFBF (Balfour Beatty) PB Ratio : 2.04 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)

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What is Balfour Beatty 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), Balfour Beatty's share price is $5.85. Balfour Beatty's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $2.87. Hence, Balfour Beatty's PB Ratio of today is 2.04.

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

BAFBF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01 Med: 1.51 Max: 2.71
Current: 2.25

During the past 13 years, Balfour Beatty's highest PB Ratio was 2.71. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 1.51.

BAFBF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
66.57% of 1678 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1.25 vs BAFBF: 2.25

During the past 12 months, Balfour Beatty's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Balfour Beatty was 42.20% per year. The lowest was -46.10% per year. And the median was 5.75% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Balfour Beatty PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Balfour Beatty's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Balfour Beatty PB Ratio Chart

Balfour Beatty Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

PB Ratio

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1.35

1.25

1.08

1.41

1.40

Balfour Beatty 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															1.06	1.41	1.59	1.40	1.72

Competitive Comparison of Balfour Beatty's PB Ratio

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Balfour Beatty'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.

Balfour Beatty's PB Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Balfour Beatty's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

Balfour Beatty 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.

Balfour Beatty's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2024)
	=	5.85	/	2.873
	=	2.04

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Balfour Beatty (OTCPK:BAFBF) 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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Balfour Beatty Business Description

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Address

5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, GBR, E14 5HU

Website

https://www.balfourbeatty.com

Balfour Beatty PLC finances builds, and maintains infrastructure projects. It finances, develops, builds, maintains, and operates the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and delivers projects at the heart of local communities. It operates three business segments: Construction services (majority of total revenue), Support services, and Infrastructure investments. It will invest directly in infrastructure assets also invests in real estate-type assets, in particular private residential and student accommodation assets. The majority of sales are derived from the United Kingdom and the United States.