Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) PB Ratio : 0.15 (As of May. 26, 2024)

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What is Centum Investment Co 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 (2024-05-26), Centum Investment Co's share price is KES8.50. Centum Investment Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was KES55.75. Hence, Centum Investment Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.15.

Good Sign:

Centum Investment Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.16) is close to 1-year low of 0.15

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

NAI:CTUM' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12 Med: 0.54 Max: 2.35
Current: 0.16

During the past 13 years, Centum Investment Co's highest PB Ratio was 2.35. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.54.

NAI:CTUM's PB Ratio is ranked better than
98.29% of 760 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 1.31 vs NAI:CTUM: 0.16

During the past 12 months, Centum Investment Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -11.40% 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 -0.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Centum Investment Co was 49.30% per year. The lowest was -6.20% per year. And the median was 7.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Centum Investment Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Centum Investment Co'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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Centum Investment Co PB Ratio Chart

Centum Investment Co Annual Data

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Mar14

Mar15

Mar16

Mar17

Mar18

Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

PB Ratio

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0.53

0.34

0.24

0.19

0.16

Centum Investment Co Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.28	0.19	0.15	0.16	0.16

Competitive Comparison of Centum Investment Co's PB Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Centum Investment Co'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.

Centum Investment Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Centum Investment Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Centum Investment Co's PB Ratio falls into.

Centum Investment Co 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.

Centum Investment Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2023)
	=	8.50	/	55.754
	=	0.15

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

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) 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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Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) Business Description

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Address

Limuru Road, Two Rivers Office Towers, P.O. Box 10518, 9th Floor, South Tower, Nairobi, KEN, 00100

Website

https://www.centum.co.ke

Centum Investment Co Ltd is an investment company that provides access to a portfolio of inaccessible, quality, diversified investments to investors. Its objective is to consistently generate market-beating returns by building extraordinary enterprises throughout Africa. The company's operating segment include Private Equity; Real Estate and Marketable securities. The Private Equity segment includes publishing, financial services, and utility companies as well as also responsible for managing Development Portfolio. The Marketable securities segment includes dividend and interest income, real estate sales and proceeds from exits in the private equity and marketable securities portfolios and the Real Estate segment includes developments in East Africa.

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