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NSHSF (Nanosphere Health Sciences) PB Ratio : (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is Nanosphere Health Sciences 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 (2024-12-11), Nanosphere Health Sciences's share price is $0.0038. Nanosphere Health Sciences's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $-0.16. Hence, Nanosphere Health Sciences's PB Ratio of today is .

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

During the past 13 years, Nanosphere Health Sciences's highest PB Ratio was 40.99. The lowest was 7.22. And the median was 14.17.

NSHSF's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 2.54
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Nanosphere Health Sciences was 58.80% per year. The lowest was -26.40% per year. And the median was 8.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Nanosphere Health Sciences PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nanosphere Health Sciences'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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Nanosphere Health Sciences PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Nanosphere Health Sciences's PB Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Nanosphere Health Sciences'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.


Nanosphere Health Sciences's PB Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Nanosphere Health Sciences's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nanosphere Health Sciences's PB Ratio falls into.



Nanosphere Health Sciences 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.

Nanosphere Health Sciences's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=0.0038/-0.164
=

* 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.


Nanosphere Health Sciences  (OTCPK:NSHSF) 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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Nanosphere Health Sciences Business Description

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Address
1090 West Georgia Street, Suite 488, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V7
Nanosphere Health Sciences Inc is a nano-biotechnology company. The company is focused on providing next-generation delivery of nutritive elements and medications. Its NanoSphere Delivery System platform technology addresses the problems of low bioavailability and excessive dosage amounts of a wide range of bioactive compounds. It focuses on developing nanoencapsulation technology for the delivery of nutritive elements and medicants through licensing arrangements.