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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) (LSE:SST) PB Ratio : 0.84 (As of Mar. 28, 2025)


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What is Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (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 (2025-03-28), Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s share price is £2.86. Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was £3.42. Hence, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s PB Ratio of today is 0.84.

The historical rank and industry rank for Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SST' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 0.88   Max: 1.12
Current: 0.84

During the past 13 years, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s highest PB Ratio was 1.12. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 0.88.

LSE:SST's PB Ratio is ranked better than
69.51% of 1643 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.91 vs LSE:SST: 0.84

During the past 12 months, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) was 25.50% per year. The lowest was -6.00% per year. And the median was 10.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (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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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) PB Ratio Chart

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.88 0.86

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Semi-Annual Data
Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
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 0.86 8.71 0.88 9.16 0.86

Competitive Comparison of Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (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.


Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s PB Ratio falls into.


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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (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.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Aug. 2024)
=2.86/3.419
=0.84

* 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.


Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)  (LSE:SST) 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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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
28 Walker Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 7HR
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (The) PLC is a investment trusts in the Asian equity category with a specialist focus on smaller companies. The objective of the Company is to achieve long-term capital growth by carefully selecting quality companies with franchises at reasonable valuations.