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Geovic Mining (FRA:L9E) PB Ratio : (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Geovic Mining 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 (2024-05-24), Geovic Mining's share price is €0.01. Geovic Mining's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €-0.12. Hence, Geovic Mining's PB Ratio of today is .

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

During the past 13 years, Geovic Mining's highest PB Ratio was 4.96. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.71.

FRA:L9E's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.43
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Geovic Mining was 6.80% per year. The lowest was -52.70% per year. And the median was 0.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Geovic Mining PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Geovic Mining'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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Geovic Mining PB Ratio Chart

Geovic Mining Annual Data
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Geovic Mining Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Geovic Mining's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Geovic Mining'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.


Geovic Mining's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Geovic Mining's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Geovic Mining's PB Ratio falls into.



Geovic Mining 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.

Geovic Mining's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2014)
=0.01/-0.116
=

* 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.


Geovic Mining  (FRA:L9E) 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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Geovic Mining (FRA:L9E) Business Description

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Address
5500 East Yale Avenue, Suite 302, Denver, CO, USA, 80222
Geovic Mining Corp is in the business of identifying, exploring and initially developing mineral exploration prospects. It has mining permit covering entire nickel -manganese district in Cameroon's east province. The company also through its subsidiary is engaged in strategic acquisition, exploration and development of other mineral properties.

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