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Zambia Sugar (LUS:ZSUG) PB Ratio : (As of Jun. 01, 2024)


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What is Zambia Sugar 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 (2024-06-01), Zambia Sugar's share price is ZMW35.00. Zambia Sugar's Book Value per Share for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 was ZMW0.00. Hence, Zambia Sugar's PB Ratio of today is .

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

LUS:ZSUG's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 1.52
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Zambia Sugar PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zambia Sugar'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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Zambia Sugar PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Zambia Sugar's PB Ratio

For the Confectioners subindustry, Zambia Sugar'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.


Zambia Sugar's PB Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Zambia Sugar's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zambia Sugar's PB Ratio falls into.



Zambia Sugar 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.

Zambia Sugar's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (A: . 20)
=35.00/
=

* 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.


Zambia Sugar  (LUS:ZSUG) 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.


Zambia Sugar PB Ratio Related Terms

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Zambia Sugar (LUS:ZSUG) Business Description

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Address
P.O. Box 670240, Nakambala Estate, Mazabuka, ZMB
Zambia Sugar PLC is the Group that is growing sugar cane and the production of sugar and other special products for sale in domestic and export markets.

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