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Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co (LSE:ATR) PB Ratio : 0.96 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Schroder Asian Total Return Investment 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 (2024-12-12), Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's share price is £4.76. Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was £4.96. Hence, Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.96.

Good Sign:

Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.96) is close to 1-year low of 0.89

The historical rank and industry rank for Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:ATR' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 1.01   Max: 1.38
Current: 0.96

During the past 13 years, Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.38. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 1.01.

LSE:ATR's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
51.48% of 1661 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.95 vs LSE:ATR: 0.96

During the past 12 months, Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co was 27.50% per year. The lowest was -6.40% per year. And the median was 10.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Schroder Asian Total Return Investment 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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Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co PB Ratio Chart

Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co 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 1.01 1.02 1.00 0.94 0.95

Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 0.97 0.94 0.94 0.95 0.93

Competitive Comparison of Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Schroder Asian Total Return Investment 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.


Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Schroder Asian Total Return Investment 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.

Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2024)
=4.76/4.959
=0.96

* 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.


Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co  (LSE:ATR) 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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Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 London Wall Place, London, GBR, EC2Y 5AU
Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co PLC is a UK-based investment trust company. It seeks to provide a high rate of total return through investment in equities and equity-related securities of companies trading in the Asia-Pacific region except for Japan. The company invests in a diversified portfolio of 40-70 companies operating predominantly in Asia, including Australasia but excluding Japan. It offers a degree of capital preservation through the tactical use of derivative instruments. The company focuses on investing in companies with sound balance sheets, professional management, and capital allocation policies. It may use derivatives such as listed futures, call options, long puts, OTC instruments to protect the capital value of the portfolio, efficient portfolio management.