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DCG IRIS (LSE:IRIS) PB Ratio : 0.98 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is DCG IRIS 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 (2024-05-14), DCG IRIS's share price is £0.96. DCG IRIS's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 was £0.98. Hence, DCG IRIS's PB Ratio of today is 0.98.

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

LSE:IRIS' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 0.98
Current: 0.98

During the past 2 years, DCG IRIS's highest PB Ratio was 0.98. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

LSE:IRIS's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.95 vs LSE:IRIS: 0.98

During the past 12 months, DCG IRIS's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


DCG IRIS PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for DCG IRIS'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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DCG IRIS PB Ratio Chart

DCG IRIS Annual Data
Trend May13 May14
PB Ratio
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DCG IRIS Semi-Annual Data
Nov13 May14
PB Ratio - -

Competitive Comparison of DCG IRIS's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, DCG IRIS'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.


DCG IRIS's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where DCG IRIS's PB Ratio falls into.



DCG IRIS 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.

DCG IRIS's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: May. 2014)
=0.96/0.983
=0.98

* 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.


DCG IRIS  (LSE:IRIS) 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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DCG IRIS (LSE:IRIS) Business Description

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DCG IRIS Ltd is a Guernsey registered non-cellular company with an indefinite life. It is a feeder fund and principally invests its assets in CS IRIS Low Volatility Plus Fund Ltd. Its objective is to providing its shareholders, through its investment in the Master Fund, with positive returns through investing in insurance-linked contracts and assets carrying exposure related to insured event risks known as insurance linked strategies.

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