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Middle East Healthcare Co (SAU:4009) PB Ratio : 3.70 (As of Apr. 15, 2025)


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What is Middle East Healthcare 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 (2025-04-15), Middle East Healthcare Co's share price is ﷼65.30. Middle East Healthcare Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was ﷼17.67. Hence, Middle East Healthcare Co's PB Ratio of today is 3.70.

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

SAU:4009' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.45   Med: 2.61   Max: 9.17
Current: 3.7

During the past 10 years, Middle East Healthcare Co's highest PB Ratio was 9.17. The lowest was 1.45. And the median was 2.61.

SAU:4009's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
74.02% of 612 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 1.93 vs SAU:4009: 3.70

During the past 12 months, Middle East Healthcare Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 23.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Middle East Healthcare Co was 8.90% per year. The lowest was -5.30% per year. And the median was 1.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Middle East Healthcare Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Middle East Healthcare 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 Healthcare Co PB Ratio Chart

Middle East Healthcare Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.62 2.32 1.76 6.16 3.89

Middle East Healthcare Co Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 6.16 5.80 4.86 3.92 3.89

Competitive Comparison of Middle East Healthcare Co's PB Ratio

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Middle East Healthcare 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 Healthcare Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Middle East Healthcare Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=65.30/17.667
=3.70

* 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 Healthcare Co  (SAU:4009) 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 Healthcare Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
4, Batterjee Road, P.O.Box 2550, Al-Zahra District, Jeddah, SAU, 21461
Middle East Healthcare Co is a Saudi Arabia-based company engaged in the business of managing, operating and maintaining hospitals, medical centers, educational centers, rehabilitation centers, physiotherapy, laboratories and radiology centers, pharmacies, construction, and to buy land for the purpose of constructing medical projects and to establish, manage and organize exhibitions for the company.

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