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US Solar Fund (LSE:USF) PB Ratio : 0.52 (As of Apr. 13, 2025)


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What is US Solar Fund 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 (2025-04-13), US Solar Fund's share price is $0.33. US Solar Fund's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.63. Hence, US Solar Fund's PB Ratio of today is 0.52.

Good Sign:

US Solar Fund PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.52) is close to 10-year low of 0.52.

The historical rank and industry rank for US Solar Fund's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:USF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.52   Med: 0.9   Max: 1.12
Current: 0.52

During the past 6 years, US Solar Fund's highest PB Ratio was 1.12. The lowest was 0.52. And the median was 0.90.

LSE:USF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
88.2% of 1644 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.86 vs LSE:USF: 0.52

During the past 12 months, US Solar Fund's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -18.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -13.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -7.80% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of US Solar Fund was -0.30% per year. The lowest was -13.50% per year. And the median was -7.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


US Solar Fund PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Solar Fund'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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US Solar Fund PB Ratio Chart

US Solar Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.11 0.98 0.87 0.69 0.67

US Solar Fund Semi-Annual Data
Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.87 0.80 0.69 0.64 0.67

Competitive Comparison of US Solar Fund's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, US Solar Fund'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.


US Solar Fund's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where US Solar Fund's PB Ratio falls into.


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US Solar Fund 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.

US Solar Fund's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=0.33/0.631
=0.52

* 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.


US Solar Fund  (LSE:USF) 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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US Solar Fund Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
52 Lime Street, 18th Floor, The Scalpel, London, GBR, EC3M 7AF
US Solar Fund PLC is a closed-end investment trust company. It invests in a diversified portfolio of Solar Power Assets located in North America and other countries forming part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Americas. Its investment objective is to provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted and sustainable dividends, with an element of capital growth, by investing in a diversified portfolio of Solar Power Assets. By investing in Solar Power Assets and selling the output from these assets to energy users, the company directly contributes to renewable energy infrastructure and renewable power generation.

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