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Alpha Fire Services (COL:AFS.N0000) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 29, 2025)


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What is Alpha Fire Services 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 (2025-04-29), Alpha Fire Services's share price is රු9.60. Alpha Fire Services's Book Value per Share for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 was රු0.00. Hence, Alpha Fire Services's PB Ratio of today is .

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

COL:AFS.N0000's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.69
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Alpha Fire Services PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alpha Fire Services'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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Competitive Comparison of Alpha Fire Services's PB Ratio

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Alpha Fire Services'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.


Alpha Fire Services's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Alpha Fire Services's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alpha Fire Services's PB Ratio falls into.


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Alpha Fire Services 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.

Alpha Fire Services's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (A: . 20)
=9.60/
=

* 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.


Alpha Fire Services  (COL:AFS.N0000) 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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Alpha Fire Services Business Description

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No. 28, Sulaiman Terrace, Colombo, LKA, 05
Alpha Fire Services Plc provides fire protection services. It is fully equipped to handle large-scale fire protection, detection, and suppression systems. Its product offerings consist of Fire Alarm Systems, Fire blankets, Fire Hose Reel Systems, Fire Extinguishers, Fire Hydrant Systems, Fire Doors and Frames, Fire Pump Systems, Sprinkler Systems, Fire Flex Systems, Kitchen Hood Fire Suppression, Foam Bladder Tanks, and Fire Suppression Systems.

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