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Gestetner of Ceylon (COL:GEST.N0000) PB Ratio : (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Gestetner of Ceylon 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 (2024-05-27), Gestetner of Ceylon's share price is රු111.25. Gestetner of Ceylon's Book Value per Share for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 was රු0.00. Hence, Gestetner of Ceylon's PB Ratio of today is .

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

COL:GEST.N0000's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.93
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Gestetner of Ceylon PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gestetner of Ceylon'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 Gestetner of Ceylon's PB Ratio

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Gestetner of Ceylon'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.


Gestetner of Ceylon's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Gestetner of Ceylon's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gestetner of Ceylon's PB Ratio falls into.



Gestetner of Ceylon 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.

Gestetner of Ceylon's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (A: . 20)
=111.25/
=

* 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.


Gestetner of Ceylon  (COL:GEST.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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Gestetner of Ceylon (COL:GEST.N0000) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 248, Vauxhall Street, Gestetner Centre, Colombo, LKA, 02
Gestetner of Ceylon PLC is an office automation solution provider in Sri Lanka. Its products include office printing, office software, and production printing marketed under the Ricoh brand; notebooks and desktops under the Fujitsu brand; projectors under the Benq brand; Smart interactive panel under the QOC brand; and cash counting and sorting machines under the G+D brand. It operates in two geographical segments-domestic and export sales.

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