Robert Walters (FRA:RBW) PB Ratio : 1.54 (As of May. 22, 2024)

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What is Robert Walters 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 (2024-05-22), Robert Walters's share price is €4.08. Robert Walters's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.65. Hence, Robert Walters's PB Ratio of today is 1.54.

Good Sign:

Robert Walters PLC stock PB Ratio (=1.58) is close to 3-year low of 1.45

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

FRA:RBW' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.3 Med: 2.98 Max: 4.86
Current: 1.59

During the past 13 years, Robert Walters's highest PB Ratio was 4.86. The lowest was 1.30. And the median was 2.98.

FRA:RBW's PB Ratio is ranked better than
51.31% of 1027 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.81 vs FRA:RBW: 1.59

During the past 12 months, Robert Walters's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -7.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Robert Walters was 105.40% per year. The lowest was -13.50% per year. And the median was 8.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Robert Walters PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Robert Walters's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Robert Walters PB Ratio Chart

Robert Walters Annual Data

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Dec23

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3.33

2.02

1.88

Robert Walters Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.33	1.96	2.02	1.76	1.88

Competitive Comparison of Robert Walters's PB Ratio

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Robert Walters'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.

Robert Walters's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Robert Walters's PB Ratio falls into.

Robert Walters 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.

Robert Walters's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	4.08	/	2.645
	=	1.54

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Robert Walters (FRA:RBW) 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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Robert Walters (FRA:RBW) Business Description

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11 Slingsby Place, St Martin's Courtyard, London, GBR, WC2E 9AB

Website

https://www.robertwaltersgroup.com

Robert Walters PLC is a specialist professional recruitment group. The company specialises in the placement of the highest calibre professionals across the disciplines of accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, HR, healthcare, IT, legal, sales, marketing, secretarial and support and supply chain, logistics and procurement. Its client base ranges from blue-chip corporates and financial services organisations to SMEs and start-ups. The Group's outsourcing division, Resource Solutions, is engaged in recruitment process outsourcing and managed services. Its geographical area of operation includes Asia Pacific, UK, Europe, and Other International. It generates the most of the revenue from the Asia Pacific.

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