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GFH Financial Group BSC (KUW:GFH) PB Ratio : 1.16 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is GFH Financial Group BSC 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 (2024-12-12), GFH Financial Group BSC's share price is KWD0.0985. GFH Financial Group BSC's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was KWD0.09. Hence, GFH Financial Group BSC's PB Ratio of today is 1.16.

The historical rank and industry rank for GFH Financial Group BSC's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

KUW:GFH' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.45   Med: 0.96   Max: 2.05
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, GFH Financial Group BSC's highest PB Ratio was 2.05. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.96.

KUW:GFH's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
68.28% of 1529 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.94 vs KUW:GFH: 1.20

During the past 12 months, GFH Financial Group BSC's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of GFH Financial Group BSC was 46.40% per year. The lowest was -68.70% per year. And the median was 1.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


GFH Financial Group BSC PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for GFH Financial Group BSC'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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GFH Financial Group BSC PB Ratio Chart

GFH Financial Group BSC Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.75 0.58 1.20 0.86 0.87

GFH Financial Group BSC Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.90 0.87 1.06 1.10 1.19

Competitive Comparison of GFH Financial Group BSC's PB Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, GFH Financial Group BSC'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.


GFH Financial Group BSC's PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, GFH Financial Group BSC's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GFH Financial Group BSC's PB Ratio falls into.



GFH Financial Group BSC 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.

GFH Financial Group BSC's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=0.0985/0.085
=1.16

* 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.


GFH Financial Group BSC  (KUW:GFH) 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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GFH Financial Group BSC Business Description

Address
Block 346, Road 4626, Building 1398, East Tower, P.O. Box 10006, Office 2901, 29th Floor, Bahrain Financial Harbour, Manama, BHR
GFH Financial Group BSC is an Islamic wholesale investment bank. The firm is organized into three operating segments Investment Banking, Commercial Banking and Proprietary and treasury. Substantial revenue is generated from Proprietary and Treasury operations. The Group has primary operations in Bahrain. The investment banking segment focuses on private equity and asset management activities, Commercial Banking includes all sharia compliant corporate banking and retail banking activities of the Group provided through the Group's subsidiary, Proprietary and treasury includes all common costs and activities that are undertaken at the Group level, including treasury and residual proprietary and co-investment assets.

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