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Mumias Sugar Co (NAI:MSC) PB Ratio : (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Mumias Sugar 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 (2024-05-25), Mumias Sugar Co's share price is KES0.28. Mumias Sugar Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was KES-9.40. Hence, Mumias Sugar Co's PB Ratio of today is .

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

NAI:MSC's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 1.53
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Mumias Sugar Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mumias Sugar 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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Mumias Sugar Co PB Ratio Chart

Mumias Sugar Co Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.42 0.59 0.25 2.13 -

Mumias Sugar Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.42 0.59 0.25 2.13 -

Competitive Comparison of Mumias Sugar Co's PB Ratio

For the Confectioners subindustry, Mumias Sugar 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.


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

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

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



Mumias Sugar 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2018)
=0.28/-9.402
=

* 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.


Mumias Sugar Co  (NAI:MSC) 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.


Mumias Sugar Co PB Ratio Related Terms

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Mumias Sugar Co (NAI:MSC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Kakamega-Bungoma Road, P. O Box Private Bag, Kakamega County, Mumias, KEN
Mumias Sugar Co Ltd is engaged in the production and sale of sugar, ethanol, water. The company is also engaged in the generation and sale of electricity, and also sells bottled drinking water. Its segments include Sugar; Energy; Ethanol and Water in which Sugar segment generates most of the revenue.