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Lender Processing Services, (FRA:L30) PB Ratio : 4.45 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Lender Processing 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 (2024-05-04), Lender Processing Services,'s share price is €25.13. Lender Processing Services,'s Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was €5.65. Hence, Lender Processing Services,'s PB Ratio of today is 4.45.

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

FRA:L30's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Lender Processing Services, PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lender Processing 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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Lender Processing Services, PB Ratio Chart

Lender Processing Services, Annual Data
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PB Ratio
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Lender Processing Services, Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Lender Processing Services,'s PB Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Lender Processing 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.


Lender Processing Services,'s PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Lender Processing Services,'s PB Ratio falls into.



Lender Processing 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.

Lender Processing Services,'s PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2013)
=25.13/5.649
=4.45

* 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.


Lender Processing Services,  (FRA:L30) 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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Lender Processing Services, (FRA:L30) Business Description

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Lender Processing Services, Inc. was formed as a Delaware corporation in December 2007. The Company is a provider of integrated technology, data and services to the mortgage lending industry in mortgage processing in the U.S. It has two reporting segments, Technology, Data and Analytics and Loan Transaction Services. Its Technology, Data and Analytics segment offers software systems and information solutions that facilitate and automate many of the business across the life cycle of a mortgage. The primary applications and services for Company's technology businesses include servicing technology, default technology, origination technology, and its data and analytics services include alternative valuation services and data and information. The Company's Transaction Services segment offers customized outsourced business process and information solutions. The primary application and services of its origination services businesses include Settlement and title agency services, appraisal services, other origination services. The Company's default management services include: foreclosure management services, including access to a nationwide network of independent attorneys, document preparation and recording and other services; property inspection and preservation services, designed to preserve the value of properties securing defaulted loans; and asset management services, providing disposition services for its customers' real estate owned properties through a network of independent real estate brokers, attorneys and other vendors to facilitate the transaction. Corporate overhead costs and other operations that are not included in its operating segments are included in Corporate and Other.

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