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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) PB Ratio : 1.21 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Frontier Transport 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 (2024-05-24), Frontier Transport Holdings's share price is R6.75. Frontier Transport Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R5.56. Hence, Frontier Transport Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 1.21.

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

JSE:FTH' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 0.99   Max: 1.45
Current: 1.15

During the past 7 years, Frontier Transport Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 1.45. The lowest was 0.68. And the median was 0.99.

JSE:FTH's PB Ratio is ranked better than
55.42% of 931 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.33 vs JSE:FTH: 1.15

During the past 12 months, Frontier Transport Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Frontier Transport Holdings was 15.70% per year. The lowest was -2.00% per year. And the median was 8.25% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Frontier Transport Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frontier Transport 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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Frontier Transport Holdings PB Ratio Chart

Frontier Transport Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.99 0.76 0.68 1.02 0.96

Frontier Transport Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 0.89 1.02 0.94 0.96 0.95

Competitive Comparison of Frontier Transport Holdings's PB Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, Frontier Transport 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.


Frontier Transport Holdings's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Frontier Transport Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Frontier Transport Holdings's PB Ratio falls into.



Frontier Transport 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.

Frontier Transport Holdings's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2023)
=6.75/5.558
=1.21

* 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.


Frontier Transport Holdings  (JSE:FTH) 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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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
103 Bofors Circle, Epping Industria, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 7460
Frontier Transport Holdings Ltd, formerly Hosken Passenger Logistics And Rail Ltd through its subsidiary provide a scheduled commuter bus operator in the Cape Metropole. It is engaged in the provision of passenger transport services within South Africa. The company operates in the luxury and semi-luxury coach markets.

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