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Karooooo (JSE:KRO) PB Ratio : 9.61 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Karooooo 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 (2024-12-13), Karooooo's share price is R830.00. Karooooo's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was R86.41. Hence, Karooooo's PB Ratio of today is 9.61.

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

JSE:KRO' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.35   Med: 5.82   Max: 15.4
Current: 9.89

During the past 6 years, Karooooo's highest PB Ratio was 15.40. The lowest was 4.35. And the median was 5.82.

JSE:KRO's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
86.62% of 2571 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.88 vs JSE:KRO: 9.89

During the past 12 months, Karooooo's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 25.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 19.60% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Karooooo was 27.50% per year. The lowest was 18.60% per year. And the median was 25.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Karooooo PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Karooooo'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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Karooooo PB Ratio Chart

Karooooo Annual Data
Trend Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 7.31 5.37 5.42

Karooooo Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
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 5.55 5.68 5.42 5.45 8.01

Competitive Comparison of Karooooo's PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Karooooo'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.


Karooooo's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Karooooo's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Karooooo 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Aug. 2024)
=830.00/86.408
=9.61

* 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.


Karooooo  (JSE:KRO) 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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Karooooo Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Harbourfront Avenue, Keppel Bay Tower No. 14-07, Singapore, SGP, 098632
Karooooo Ltd is a global provider of real-time mobility data analytics solutions for smart transportation. It offers a comprehensive, cloud-based smart mobility platform for connected vehicles and other assets. The company's software-as-a-service platform provides customers with differentiated insights and analytics to optimize business and workforce, increase efficiency and decrease costs, improve safety, monitor environmental impact, assist with regularity compliance, and manage risk. The segments of the group are Cartrack; Carzuka; and Karooooo Logistics, of which key revenue is derived from the Cartrack segment.