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Iwatsuka Confectionery Co (Iwatsuka Confectionery Co) PB Ratio : 0.39 (As of Jun. 12, 2024)


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What is Iwatsuka Confectionery Co 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 (2024-06-12), Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's share price is $16.10. Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $40.95. Hence, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.39.

Good Sign:

Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.42) is close to 1-year low of 0.4

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

IWCCF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28   Med: 0.43   Max: 0.73
Current: 0.42

During the past 13 years, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's highest PB Ratio was 0.73. The lowest was 0.28. And the median was 0.43.

IWCCF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
92.38% of 1811 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.52 vs IWCCF: 0.42

During the past 12 months, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Iwatsuka Confectionery Co was 30.10% per year. The lowest was -11.90% per year. And the median was 6.45% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Iwatsuka Confectionery Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Iwatsuka Confectionery Co'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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Iwatsuka Confectionery Co PB Ratio Chart

Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.37 0.35 0.31 0.39 0.39

Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.39 0.38 0.39 0.41 0.39

Competitive Comparison of Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's PB Ratio

For the Confectioners subindustry, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co'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.


Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Iwatsuka Confectionery Co 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.

Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=16.10/40.949
=0.39

* 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.


Iwatsuka Confectionery Co  (GREY:IWCCF) 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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Iwatsuka Confectionery Co (Iwatsuka Confectionery Co) Business Description

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Address
9750 Ura, Niigata Prefecture, Nagaoka, JPN, 949-5492
Iwatsuka Confectionery Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells rice crackers. It a Japanese firm. Its products include black bean rice crackers, pinch black pepper shrimp, cake flour, wet rice crackers and rice crackers for babies.

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