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Compal Electronics (Compal Electronics) PB Ratio : 0.91 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Compal Electronics 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 (2024-05-01), Compal Electronics's share price is $4.00. Compal Electronics's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.39. Hence, Compal Electronics's PB Ratio of today is 0.91.

Warning Sign:

Compal Electronics Inc stock PB Ratio (=1.31) is close to 10-year high of 1.43

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

CMPCY' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.64   Med: 0.88   Max: 1.43
Current: 1.31

During the past 13 years, Compal Electronics's highest PB Ratio was 1.43. The lowest was 0.64. And the median was 0.88.

CMPCY's PB Ratio is ranked better than
66.43% of 2395 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs CMPCY: 1.31

During the past 12 months, Compal Electronics's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Compal Electronics was 11.10% per year. The lowest was -5.20% per year. And the median was 2.05% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Compal Electronics PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compal Electronics'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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Compal Electronics PB Ratio Chart

Compal Electronics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.00 0.92 0.87 0.92 0.91

Compal Electronics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 0.92 0.95 0.93 0.92 0.91

Competitive Comparison of Compal Electronics's PB Ratio

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Compal Electronics'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.


Compal Electronics's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Compal Electronics's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Compal Electronics 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.

Compal Electronics's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=4.00/4.392
=0.91

* 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.


Compal Electronics  (OTCPK:CMPCY) 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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Compal Electronics (Compal Electronics) Business Description

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No. 581 and No. 581-1, Ruiguang Road, Neihu District, Taipei, TWN, 11492
Compal Electronics Inc is a Taiwan-based original design manufacturer that produces notebook computers, monitors, and televisions for equipment manufacturers. The firm's operations are organized in two reportable segment Information technology products and strategy integrate product segment. The majority of the firm's revenue is generated from the United States, with the rest coming from China, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Others.

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