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Hiap Seng Industries (SGX:1L2) PB Ratio : (As of Jun. 24, 2024)


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What is Hiap Seng Industries 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 (2024-06-24), Hiap Seng Industries's share price is S$0.005. Hiap Seng Industries's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was S$-0.03. Hence, Hiap Seng Industries's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Hiap Seng Industries's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, Hiap Seng Industries's highest PB Ratio was 3.75. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.73.

SGX:1L2's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 1.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Hiap Seng Industries was 18.00% per year. The lowest was -51.80% per year. And the median was -2.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Hiap Seng Industries PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hiap Seng Industries'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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Hiap Seng Industries PB Ratio Chart

Hiap Seng Industries Annual Data
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Hiap Seng Industries Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Hiap Seng Industries's PB Ratio

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Hiap Seng Industries'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.


Hiap Seng Industries's PB Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Hiap Seng Industries's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hiap Seng Industries's PB Ratio falls into.



Hiap Seng Industries 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.

Hiap Seng Industries's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2023)
=0.005/-0.027
=

* 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.


Hiap Seng Industries  (SGX:1L2) 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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Hiap Seng Industries (SGX:1L2) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
28 Tuas Crescent, Singapore, SGP, 638719
Hiap Seng Engineering Ltd is engaged in the provision of building construction, engineering, procurement, construction and plant maintenance services for oil and gas and energy sectors. Majority revenue is generated from Plant construction and maintenance. Plant construction and maintenance includes oil-and-gas, chemical & utility plant maintenance, mechanical construction of oil-and gas plants, oil storage terminals & pharmaceutical plants. Geographically, the revenue is generated from Singapore.

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