Metro (MTRAF) PB Ratio : 3.14 (As of Apr. 04, 2025)

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What is Metro 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 (2025-04-04), Metro's share price is $70.76. Metro's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $22.56. Hence, Metro's PB Ratio of today is 3.14.

Warning Sign:

Metro Inc stock PB Ratio (=3.16) is close to 5-year high of 3.16.

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

MTRAF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.8 Med: 2.52 Max: 4.19
Current: 3.1

During the past 13 years, Metro's highest PB Ratio was 4.19. The lowest was 1.80. And the median was 2.52.

MTRAF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
72.28% of 303 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.64 vs MTRAF: 3.10

During the past 12 months, Metro's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Metro was 27.00% per year. The lowest was 4.00% per year. And the median was 11.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Metro PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metro's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Metro PB Ratio Chart

Metro Annual Data

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2.56

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2.72

Metro Quarterly Data
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PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.30	2.40	2.49	2.72	2.78

Competitive Comparison of Metro's PB Ratio

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Metro'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.

Metro's PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Metro's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Metro 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.

Metro's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
	=	70.76	/	22.56
	=	3.14

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

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(Total Stockholders Equity

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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.

Metro (OTCPK:MTRAF) 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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11011 Maurice-Duplessis, Finances, Montreal, Montreal, QC, CAN, H1C 1V6

Website

https://www.metro.ca

Metro is the third-largest grocery retailer in Canada (behind Loblaws and Sobeys) and also owns the top pharmacy chain in Quebec, Jean Coutu, following the 2018 acquisition. Its grocery banners include supermarket chain Metro, discounters Super C and Food Basics, and ethnic food grocer Adonis, while its pharmacies primarily operate under the Jean Coutu and Brunet trademarks. Metro operates both as a food retailer and a franchisor, licensing its trademarks and supplying merchandise to registered pharmacists. The firm also acts as a wholesaler and distributor to serve smaller, neighborhood grocery stores. Unlike peers Loblaws and Sobeys that operate chain stores across Canada, Metro's operations are concentrated in Quebec and Ontario, with no presence in western Canada.