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HNB Finance (COL:HNBF.X0000) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 29, 2025)


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What is HNB Finance 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), HNB Finance's share price is රු4.00. HNB Finance's Book Value per Share for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 was රු0.00. Hence, HNB Finance's PB Ratio of today is .

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

COL:HNBF.X0000's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Credit Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.05
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


HNB Finance PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for HNB Finance'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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HNB Finance PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of HNB Finance's PB Ratio

For the Credit Services subindustry, HNB Finance'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.


HNB Finance's PB Ratio Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, HNB Finance's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HNB Finance's PB Ratio falls into.


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HNB Finance 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.

HNB Finance's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (A: . 20)
=4.00/
=

* 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.


HNB Finance  (COL:HNBF.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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HNB Finance Business Description

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No. 168, Nawala Road, Nugegoda, Colombo, LKA
HNB Finance PLC is a provider of microfinance facilities, finance leases, vehicle loan facilities, mortgage loans, gold loans, Islamic finance, other credit facilities, acceptance of fixed deposits, maintenance of savings accounts, and value-added services to the finance sector. The company's operating segments include Financial, Gold Loan, Leasing, and Others. The company generates maximum revenue from the Financial segment.

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