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Indian Phosphate (NSE:IPHL) PB Ratio : 0.74 (As of Mar. 25, 2025)


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What is Indian Phosphate 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 (2025-03-25), Indian Phosphate's share price is ₹47.30. Indian Phosphate's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹63.58. Hence, Indian Phosphate's PB Ratio of today is 0.74.

Good Sign:

Indian Phosphate Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.87) is close to 1-year low of 0.87

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

NSE:IPHL' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 2.53   Max: 4.75
Current: 0.75

During the past 4 years, Indian Phosphate's highest PB Ratio was 4.75. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 2.53.

NSE:IPHL's PB Ratio is ranked better than
79.92% of 1529 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.58 vs NSE:IPHL: 0.75

During the past 12 months, Indian Phosphate's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 135.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 32.40% per year.

During the past 4 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Indian Phosphate was 32.40% per year. The lowest was 32.40% per year. And the median was 32.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Indian Phosphate PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Indian Phosphate'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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Indian Phosphate PB Ratio Chart

Indian Phosphate Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
PB Ratio
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Indian Phosphate Semi-Annual Data
Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Sep24
PB Ratio - - - - 1.63

Competitive Comparison of Indian Phosphate's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Indian Phosphate'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.


Indian Phosphate's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Indian Phosphate's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Indian Phosphate's PB Ratio falls into.



Indian Phosphate 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.

Indian Phosphate's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=47.30/63.578
=0.74

* 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.


Indian Phosphate  (NSE:IPHL) 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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Indian Phosphate Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Plot 638, Sector-11, Girwa, Udaipur, RJ, IND, 313001
Indian Phosphate Ltd is involved in the production of Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (LABSA) 90%, an anionic surfactant used in the formulation of various detergent products such as powders, cakes, toilet cleaners, and liquid detergents. The company is also involved in manufacturing Single Super Phosphate (SSP) fertilizer and Granules Single Super Phosphate (GSSP).

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