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Lombard Medical Technologies (LSE:LMT) PB Ratio : 9.17 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Lombard Medical Technologies 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 (2024-05-17), Lombard Medical Technologies's share price is £1.89. Lombard Medical Technologies's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £0.21. Hence, Lombard Medical Technologies's PB Ratio of today is 9.17.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lombard Medical Technologies's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:LMT' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 1.27   Max: 3.12
Current: 0.53

During the past 10 years, Lombard Medical Technologies's highest PB Ratio was 3.12. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 1.27.

LSE:LMT's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 2.235 vs LSE:LMT: 0.53

During the past 12 months, Lombard Medical Technologies's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -100.00% per year.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Lombard Medical Technologies was 84.60% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was -60.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Lombard Medical Technologies PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lombard Medical Technologies'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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Lombard Medical Technologies PB Ratio Chart

Lombard Medical Technologies Annual Data
Trend Sep02 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.17 1.46 3.33 1.98 8.50

Lombard Medical Technologies Semi-Annual Data
Sep02 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.17 1.59 3.53 1.98 8.50

Competitive Comparison of Lombard Medical Technologies's PB Ratio

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Lombard Medical Technologies'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.


Lombard Medical Technologies's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Lombard Medical Technologies's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lombard Medical Technologies's PB Ratio falls into.



Lombard Medical Technologies 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.

Lombard Medical Technologies's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2012)
=1.89/0.206
=9.17

* 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.


Lombard Medical Technologies  (LSE:LMT) 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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Lombard Medical Technologies (LSE:LMT) Business Description

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Lombard Medical Technologies PLC is engaged in the design and development of endovascular stent grafts, their manufacture, and commercialization either directly through the group's own sales force or through a network of local distributors supported by clinical specialists from Lombard Medical. The principal product, the AorfixT AAA stent graft has European CE mark approval for use in patients with high-angle-neck aneurysms of up to 90 degrees. The group has operations in United Kingdom and United States of America.