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Aberdeen Singapore Fund (Aberdeen Singapore Fund) PB Ratio : 1.00 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Aberdeen Singapore Fund 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 (2024-05-26), Aberdeen Singapore Fund's share price is $13.59. Aberdeen Singapore Fund's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was $13.55. Hence, Aberdeen Singapore Fund's PB Ratio of today is 1.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for Aberdeen Singapore Fund's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SGF's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.95
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Aberdeen Singapore Fund PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aberdeen Singapore Fund'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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Aberdeen Singapore Fund PB Ratio Chart

Aberdeen Singapore Fund Annual Data
Trend Oct17
PB Ratio
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Aberdeen Singapore Fund Semi-Annual Data
Oct17
PB Ratio -

Competitive Comparison of Aberdeen Singapore Fund's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Aberdeen Singapore Fund'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.


Aberdeen Singapore Fund's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Aberdeen Singapore Fund's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aberdeen Singapore Fund's PB Ratio falls into.



Aberdeen Singapore Fund 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.

Aberdeen Singapore Fund's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Oct. 2017)
=13.59/13.554
=1.00

* 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.


Aberdeen Singapore Fund  (NYSE:SGF) 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.


Aberdeen Singapore Fund PB Ratio Related Terms

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Aberdeen Singapore Fund (Aberdeen Singapore Fund) Business Description

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Address
Aberdeen Singapore Fund Inc is a closed-end fund. Its investment objective is capital appreciation, which it seeks through investment in Singapore equity securities.
Executives
David G Harmer director ONE EVERTRUST PLAZA, DAIWA SECURITIES TRUST CO, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Guet Tay Kheng other: Director of Investment Manager 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Joseph Andolina officer: Vice President - Compliance 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Terence Lim other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILIADELPHIA PA 19103
Flavia Cheong other: Director of Investment Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Moritz A Sell director C/O USBANCORP FUND SERVICES, 777 E WISCONSIN AVE., MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Hui Lin Ng other: Director of Investment Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Lim Sock-hwei other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Beverley Hendry officer: Vice President C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGMENT INC., 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Andrew Narracott other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Victor Rodriguez other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Sharon Ferrari officer: Assistant Secretary 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Sofia Rosala officer: Vice President & Deputy CCO 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Ian Macdonald other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
John O'keefe officer: Assistant Treasurer 1735 MARKET ST, 32ND FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103

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