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Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co (FRA:NQU) PB Ratio : 0.42 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co 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 (2024-05-26), Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's share price is €1.26. Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €3.03. Hence, Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.42.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:NQU's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.66
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co'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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Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co PB Ratio Chart

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.29 0.35 0.33 0.40 0.41

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.29 0.35 0.33 0.40 0.41

Competitive Comparison of Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co'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.


Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co 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.

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2013)
=1.26/3.03
=0.42

* 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.


Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co  (FRA:NQU) 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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Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co (FRA:NQU) Business Description

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Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as a limited liability company on February 8, 2002 as "Ninetowns Digital World Trade Technology Holdings Limited". It changed its name to "Ninetowns Digital World Trade One Technology Holdings Limited" on June 14, 2002 and then to "Ninetowns Digital World Trade Holdings Limited" on April 7, 2003. The Company is a PRC software company that enables enterprises and trade-related PRC government agencies to streamline the import/export process in China. Its enterprise software products consist of standardized, easy-to-install applications that simplify the declaration and approval process for international trade enterprises in China. Its enterprise software automates and facilitates the processing of the required import/export declarations and approvals in a cost-efficient, user-friendly and legally-compliant manner over the Internet, utilizing an electronic infrastructure it helped build that links together numerous branch offices of the PRC Inspections Administration. Through its software development services, it assists in the development and maintenance of the software systems used to process electronic filings by the PRC Inspections Administration and the data exchange platforms which serve as the interface between such systems and its enterprise software users.

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