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HXGBF (Hexagon AB) PB Ratio : 2.31 (As of Apr. 04, 2025)


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What is Hexagon AB 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 (2025-04-04), Hexagon AB's share price is $10.06. Hexagon AB's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $4.35. Hence, Hexagon AB's PB Ratio of today is 2.31.

Good Sign:

Hexagon AB stock PB Ratio (=2.05) is close to 10-year low of 2.

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

HXGBF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3.04   Max: 5.99
Current: 2.05

During the past 13 years, Hexagon AB's highest PB Ratio was 5.99. The lowest was 2.00. And the median was 3.04.

HXGBF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
57.62% of 2369 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.85 vs HXGBF: 2.05

During the past 12 months, Hexagon AB's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Hexagon AB was 83.00% per year. The lowest was -34.20% per year. And the median was 14.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Hexagon AB PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hexagon AB'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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Hexagon AB PB Ratio Chart

Hexagon AB Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.47 4.22 2.68 2.96 2.19

Hexagon AB Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 2.96 2.89 2.70 2.46 2.19

Competitive Comparison of Hexagon AB's PB Ratio

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Hexagon AB'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.


Hexagon AB's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Hexagon AB's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Hexagon AB 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.

Hexagon AB's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=10.06/4.354
=2.31

* 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.


Hexagon AB  (OTCPK:HXGBF) 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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Hexagon AB Business Description

Address
Lilla Bantorget 15, Stockholm, SWE, SE-111 23
Hexagon is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining hardware such as sensors and measuring devices, software, and services. Customers are mainly in heavy industry such as oil and gas, mining, construction, manufacturing, chemicals, and agriculture. Major products include measuring technology, mapping tools, and software. Around 40% of revenue is generated in the Americas, 35% in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa region, and the rest in Asia.