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Ceylinco Insurance (COL:CINS.X0000) PB Ratio : 0.28 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Ceylinco Insurance 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 (2024-04-30), Ceylinco Insurance's share price is රු874.75. Ceylinco Insurance's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was රු3,158.92. Hence, Ceylinco Insurance's PB Ratio of today is 0.28.

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

COL:CINS.X0000' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25   Med: 0.41   Max: 0.7
Current: 0.28

During the past 8 years, Ceylinco Insurance's highest PB Ratio was 0.70. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 0.41.

COL:CINS.X0000's PB Ratio is ranked better than
95.45% of 484 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.22 vs COL:CINS.X0000: 0.28

During the past 12 months, Ceylinco Insurance's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.70% per year.

During the past 8 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Ceylinco Insurance was 27.20% per year. The lowest was 14.00% per year. And the median was 17.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Ceylinco Insurance PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ceylinco Insurance'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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Ceylinco Insurance PB Ratio Chart

Ceylinco Insurance Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.55 0.42 0.44 0.45 0.34

Ceylinco Insurance Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.30 0.26

Competitive Comparison of Ceylinco Insurance's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Ceylinco Insurance'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.


Ceylinco Insurance's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Ceylinco Insurance's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ceylinco Insurance 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.

Ceylinco Insurance's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2023)
=874.75/3158.917
=0.28

* 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.


Ceylinco Insurance  (COL:CINS.X0000) 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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Ceylinco Insurance (COL:CINS.X0000) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 69, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Ceylinco House, Colombo, LKA, 01
Ceylinco Insurance PLC is engaged in seven business segments. The Life Insurance segment, which is the key revenue driver, offers whole-life products, term products, universal life products, and mortgage protection products. The Non-Life Insurance segment includes motor, fire, engineering, marine, and miscellaneous. The Healthcare segment includes a center for Cancer screening, Radiation treatment units, and a Diabetes center. The Maldives Foreign operations include non-life insurance products in Maldives. The Education Services segment includes primary, secondary, and high education courses. The Power generation segment generates and distributes hydropower to the national grid. Other segment includes investment holding, associate business, investment management & hotel services.

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