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Capital Gearing Trust (LSE:CGT) PB Ratio : 0.99 (As of Jun. 05, 2024)


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What is Capital Gearing Trust 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 (2024-06-05), Capital Gearing Trust's share price is £47.60. Capital Gearing Trust's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £48.11. Hence, Capital Gearing Trust's PB Ratio of today is 0.99.

Good Sign:

Capital Gearing Trust PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.99) is close to 5-year low of 0.93

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

LSE:CGT' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 1.04   Max: 1.15
Current: 0.99

During the past 13 years, Capital Gearing Trust's highest PB Ratio was 1.15. The lowest was 0.93. And the median was 1.04.

LSE:CGT's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
57.68% of 1680 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.94 vs LSE:CGT: 0.99

During the past 12 months, Capital Gearing Trust's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Capital Gearing Trust was 10.90% per year. The lowest was 1.50% per year. And the median was 6.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Capital Gearing Trust PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital Gearing Trust'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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Capital Gearing Trust PB Ratio Chart

Capital Gearing Trust Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.02 1.02 1.02 0.99 0.98

Capital Gearing Trust Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
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 1.02 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.98

Competitive Comparison of Capital Gearing Trust's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Capital Gearing Trust'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.


Capital Gearing Trust's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Capital Gearing Trust's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Capital Gearing Trust's PB Ratio falls into.



Capital Gearing Trust 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.

Capital Gearing Trust's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=47.60/48.105
=0.99

* 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.


Capital Gearing Trust  (LSE:CGT) 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.


Capital Gearing Trust PB Ratio Related Terms

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Capital Gearing Trust (LSE:CGT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
C/o Carson Mcdowell Llp, Murray House, Murray Street, Belfast, GBR, BT1 6DN
Capital Gearing Trust PLC is an investment company. The company investment objectives are to preserve shareholder's real wealth and to achieve absolute total return over the medium to longer term. It aims to achieve its investment objectives through investment in quoted closed-ended funds and other collective investment vehicles, bonds, commodities, and cash, when appropriate.

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