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African Minerals (FRA:OUV) PB Ratio : 0.09 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is African Minerals 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 (2024-05-15), African Minerals's share price is €0.15. African Minerals's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was €1.76. Hence, African Minerals's PB Ratio of today is 0.09.

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

FRA:OUV's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.4
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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African Minerals PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for African Minerals'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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African Minerals PB Ratio Chart

African Minerals 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 4.58 1.83 2.18 1.91 1.12

African Minerals Semi-Annual Data
Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - 2.05 1.06 1.12 0.52

Competitive Comparison of African Minerals's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, African Minerals'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.


African Minerals's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where African Minerals's PB Ratio falls into.



African Minerals 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.

African Minerals's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2014)
=0.15/1.763
=0.09

* 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.


African Minerals  (FRA:OUV) 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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African Minerals (FRA:OUV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Stratton House, 5 Stratton Street, London, GBR, W1J 8LA
African Minerals Ltd is a mineral exploration and development company. It is engaged in the development, design, construction, and operation of iron ore deposit at Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, and its related rail and port infrastructure. In addition, it is also involved in the marketing and sale of the iron ore produced from this project.

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