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Investment Company (The) (LSE:INV) PB Ratio : 0.95 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Investment Company (The) 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 (2024-12-13), Investment Company (The)'s share price is £3.83. Investment Company (The)'s Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was £4.02. Hence, Investment Company (The)'s PB Ratio of today is 0.95.

Good Sign:

Investment Company (The) PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.95) is close to 1-year low of 0.87

The historical rank and industry rank for Investment Company (The)'s PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:INV' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 0.91   Max: 1.06
Current: 0.95

During the past 13 years, Investment Company (The)'s highest PB Ratio was 1.06. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 0.91.

LSE:INV's PB Ratio is ranked better than
50.12% of 1662 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.95 vs LSE:INV: 0.95

During the past 12 months, Investment Company (The)'s average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Investment Company (The) was 54.00% per year. The lowest was -24.30% per year. And the median was 3.35% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Investment Company (The) PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Investment Company (The)'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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Investment Company (The) PB Ratio Chart

Investment Company (The) Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.88 0.91 0.87 1.00 0.88

Investment Company (The) 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 0.87 0.75 1.00 0.88 0.88

Competitive Comparison of Investment Company (The)'s PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Investment Company (The)'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.


Investment Company (The)'s PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Investment Company (The)'s PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Investment Company (The)'s PB Ratio falls into.



Investment Company (The) 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.

Investment Company (The)'s PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2024)
=3.83/4.015
=0.95

* 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.


Investment Company (The)  (LSE:INV) 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.


Investment Company (The) PB Ratio Related Terms

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Investment Company (The) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Den House, The Office Suite, Den Promenade, Teignmouth, GBR, TQ14 8SY
Investment Company (The) PLC is engaged in the investment of equity securities. Its investment objective is to increase capital growth for shareholders over the long term by investing in good quality, quoted, UK small and mid-cap companies. The company is engaged in a single segment of the investment business.