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Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SAU:2370) PB Ratio : 3.20 (As of Apr. 21, 2025)


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What is Middle East Specialized Cables 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 (2025-04-21), Middle East Specialized Cables Co's share price is ﷼35.65. Middle East Specialized Cables Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ﷼11.16. Hence, Middle East Specialized Cables Co's PB Ratio of today is 3.20.

The historical rank and industry rank for Middle East Specialized Cables Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:2370' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 1.26   Max: 4.09
Current: 3.19

During the past 13 years, Middle East Specialized Cables Co's highest PB Ratio was 4.09. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 1.26.

SAU:2370's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
72.57% of 2931 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.93 vs SAU:2370: 3.19

During the past 12 months, Middle East Specialized Cables Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Middle East Specialized Cables Co was 16.50% per year. The lowest was -23.80% per year. And the median was -3.05% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Middle East Specialized Cables Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Middle East Specialized Cables 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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Middle East Specialized Cables Co PB Ratio Chart

Middle East Specialized Cables Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.05 1.71 2.39 1.21 2.37

Middle East Specialized Cables Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.97 2.37 2.65 2.96 3.45

Competitive Comparison of Middle East Specialized Cables Co's PB Ratio

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Middle East Specialized Cables 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.


Middle East Specialized Cables Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Middle East Specialized Cables Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Middle East Specialized Cables Co's PB Ratio falls into.


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Middle East Specialized Cables 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.

Middle East Specialized Cables Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=35.65/11.158
=3.20

* 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.


Middle East Specialized Cables Co  (SAU:2370) 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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Middle East Specialized Cables Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Salah Uddin Street, Al Bait Building 1- Floor 1, P.O Box 60536, Riyadh, SAU, 11555
Middle East Specialized Cables Co is a company which is engaged in the production and sale of flexible electric, coaxial, rubber and nylon coated wires and cables, telephone cables for internal extensions, computer cables, safety and anti-fire wires and cables, and control and transmission of information cables. The company's products include instrumentation and process control cables, Building wire, power, and control cables (PVC), data and communication cable, Flexible cables, fire cables, irrigation cables, bare copper and PVCs. It operates its business in two geographic segments namely Saudi Arabia and Unites Arab Emirates (UAE). The majority of the company's revenue comes from Saudi Arabia.

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