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Knights Group Holdings (LSE:KGH) PB Ratio : 0.92 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Knights Group 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 (2024-12-14), Knights Group Holdings's share price is £1.07. Knights Group Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was £1.17. Hence, Knights Group Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 0.92.

Good Sign:

Knights Group Holdings PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.9) is close to 1-year low of 0.9

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

LSE:KGH' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.59   Med: 4.02   Max: 76.71
Current: 0.89

During the past 9 years, Knights Group Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 76.71. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 4.02.

LSE:KGH's PB Ratio is ranked better than
75.88% of 1020 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.795 vs LSE:KGH: 0.89

During the past 12 months, Knights Group Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.30% per year.

During the past 9 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Knights Group Holdings was 195.00% per year. The lowest was 5.20% per year. And the median was 14.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Knights Group Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Knights Group 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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Knights Group Holdings PB Ratio Chart

Knights Group Holdings Annual Data
Trend Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 3.86 4.45 1.15 0.78 1.11

Knights Group Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Apr16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24
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 1.15 0.67 0.78 0.77 1.11

Competitive Comparison of Knights Group Holdings's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Knights Group 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.


Knights Group Holdings's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Knights Group Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Knights Group 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Apr. 2024)
=1.07/1.167
=0.92

* 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.


Knights Group Holdings  (LSE:KGH) 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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Knights Group Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
The Brampton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, GBR, ST5 0QW
Knights Group Holdings PLC is engaged in providing regional legal and professional service businesses. The group provides corporate and commercial legal services at scale and across a broad sector basis, like the larger national law firms. The company generates fee income across various individual departments, which includes niche areas to service the specific needs of its clients. Its service lines include real estate, Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Employment, CL Medilaw, and private client.

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