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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings (HKSE:01413) PB Ratio : 0.75 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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What is Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings 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 (2024-06-06), Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's share price is HK$0.194. Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$0.26. Hence, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 0.75.

Good Sign:

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.74) is close to 5-year low of 0.67

The historical rank and industry rank for Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01413' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67   Med: 1.06   Max: 5
Current: 0.75

During the past 6 years, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 5.00. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 1.06.

HKSE:01413's PB Ratio is ranked better than
70.74% of 1620 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1.195 vs HKSE:01413: 0.75

During the past 12 months, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 45.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 51.50% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings was 80.90% per year. The lowest was 45.40% per year. And the median was 57.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings'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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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings PB Ratio Chart

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 1.62 1.11 0.90

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.11 1.11 0.68 0.90 1.12

Competitive Comparison of Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's PB Ratio

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings'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.


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's PB Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's PB Ratio falls into.



Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings 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.

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2023)
=0.194/0.259
=0.75

* 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.


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings  (HKSE:01413) 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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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings (HKSE:01413) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
6 Sha Tsui Road, Unit 2909-2910, 29th Floor, The Octagon, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Ltd is a foundation works contractor in Hong Kong. The foundation work of the company is mainly comprised of excavation and lateral support works and other associated works including pile cap construction, underground drainage work, and site formation works. The group's operations are located in Hong Kong.
Executives
Kwong Luen Prosperity Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Kwan Chui Ling 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Yip Kwong Cheung 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Ma Wenkui
Lin Tongbing
Yang Zhenwei

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