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Contango Holdings (LSE:CGO) PB Ratio : 0.68 (As of Apr. 07, 2025)


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What is Contango 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 (2025-04-07), Contango Holdings's share price is £0.01025. Contango Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2024 was £0.02. Hence, Contango Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 0.68.

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

LSE:CGO' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 0.68
Current: 0.68

During the past 8 years, Contango Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 0.68. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

LSE:CGO's PB Ratio is ranked better than
70.24% of 168 companies
in the Other Energy Sources industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs LSE:CGO: 0.68

During the past 12 months, Contango Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -34.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -23.70% per year.

During the past 8 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Contango Holdings was 87.60% per year. The lowest was -23.70% per year. And the median was 40.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Contango Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Contango 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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Contango Holdings PB Ratio Chart

Contango Holdings Annual Data
Trend May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 1.74 1.67 1.83 0.59

Contango Holdings Semi-Annual Data
May17 Nov17 May18 May19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23 May24 Nov24
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 1.58 1.83 1.54 0.59 0.87

Competitive Comparison of Contango Holdings's PB Ratio

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Contango 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.


Contango Holdings's PB Ratio Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Contango Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Contango 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Nov. 2024)
=0.01025/0.015
=0.68

* 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.


Contango Holdings  (LSE:CGO) 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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Contango Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1 Charterhouse Mews, London, GBR, EC1M 6BB
Contango Holdings PLC is a natural resource development company. It is engaged in the mining business. Its two projects are the Muchesu Project in Zimbabwe and the development of the Garalo-Ntiela Gold Project in Mali.