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First Class Metals (LSE:FCM) PB Ratio : 0.62 (As of Jun. 01, 2024)


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What is First Class Metals 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 (2024-06-01), First Class Metals's share price is £0.026. First Class Metals's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.04. Hence, First Class Metals's PB Ratio of today is 0.62.

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

LSE:FCM' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 3.29
Current: 0.62

During the past 2 years, First Class Metals's highest PB Ratio was 3.29. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

LSE:FCM's PB Ratio is ranked better than
79.47% of 2377 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.43 vs LSE:FCM: 0.62

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


First Class Metals PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Class Metals'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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First Class Metals PB Ratio Chart

First Class Metals Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22
PB Ratio
- 4.25

First Class Metals Semi-Annual Data
Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
PB Ratio - 4.25 2.38

Competitive Comparison of First Class Metals's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, First Class Metals'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.


First Class Metals's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, First Class Metals's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Class Metals's PB Ratio falls into.



First Class Metals 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.

First Class Metals's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2023)
=0.026/0.042
=0.62

* 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.


First Class Metals  (LSE:FCM) 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.


First Class Metals PB Ratio Related Terms

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First Class Metals (LSE:FCM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Freckleton Street, Suite 16, Freckleton Street Business Centre, Blackburn, GBR, BB2 2AL
First Class Metals PLC is a minerals exploration company. It is focused on providing and developing the potential of flagship property North Hemlo which includes the Pickle Lake Palladium One JV area as well as systematic exploration of the Esa, Sugar Cube, McKellar, Magical, Enable and Coco East projects, in the Hemlo - Harte gold mines region in the Western portion of the Wawa-Abitibi Gold Belt of Ontario, Canada.

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