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Thoratec (FRA:TL1) PB Ratio : 5.05 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Thoratec 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 (2024-05-20), Thoratec's share price is €55.92. Thoratec's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was €11.07. Hence, Thoratec's PB Ratio of today is 5.05.

Warning Sign:

Thoratec Corp stock P/B Ratio (=5.06) is close to 10-year high of 5.06

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

FRA:TL1' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.75   Med: 3.02   Max: 5.06
Current: 5.06

During the past 13 years, Thoratec's highest PB Ratio was 5.06. The lowest was 1.75. And the median was 3.02.

FRA:TL1's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 2.28 vs FRA:TL1: 5.06

During the past 12 months, Thoratec's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Thoratec was 111.10% per year. The lowest was -3.20% per year. And the median was 6.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Thoratec PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Thoratec'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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Thoratec PB Ratio Chart

Thoratec Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.77 3.42 3.55 - 2.85

Thoratec Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.89 2.26 2.85 3.33 -

Competitive Comparison of Thoratec's PB Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Thoratec'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.


Thoratec's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Thoratec's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Thoratec 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.

Thoratec's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2015)
=55.92/11.072
=5.05

* 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.


Thoratec  (FRA:TL1) 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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Thoratec (FRA:TL1) Business Description

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Thoratec Corporation incorporated in the State of California in 1976 provides mechanical circulatory support with a product portfolio to treat the full range of clinical needs for advanced heart failure patients. It develops, manufactures and markets proprietary medical devices used for circulatory support. Following the sale of ITC in 2010, the Company has one operating segment: Cardiovascular group. This segment is organized and operates to develop and manufacture mechanical circulatory products to support the cardiovascular systems of humans. The Company's VAD products primarily serve patients suffering from late-stage HF. HF is a chronic disease that occurs when degeneration of the heart muscle reduces the pumping power of the heart, causing the heart to become too weak to pump blood at a level sufficient to meet the body's demands. Hospitals that perform open heart surgery and heart transplants are the potential customers for its Thoratec and HeartMate products. The Company estimates that it sells into 293 of these centers. According to the Company's estimates, it is in approximately 149 centers in the United States and 144 centers internationally. Competition from medical device companies and medical device divisions of healthcare companies, pharmaceutical companies and gene- and cell-based therapies is intense and is expected to increase. It therefore continues to expect new competitors both from the pharmacological and the medical device space. Among the medical device competitors are Aachen Innovative Solutions GmbH, AbioMed, Inc., Berlin Heart GmbH, HeartWare International Inc., Jarvik Heart, Inc., Maquet Cardiovascular, LLC (a division of Getinge AB), MicroMed Technology, Inc., Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, SynCardia Systems, Inc., and Terumo Heart, Inc. All of the Company's proposed products will require regulatory approval prior to commercialization. In particular, medical devices are subject to rigorous pre-clinical testing as a condition of approval by the FDA and by similar authorities in foreign countries.

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