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Eastern Communications Co (SHSE:600776) PB Ratio : 3.69 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Eastern Communications 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 (2024-05-21), Eastern Communications Co's share price is ¥10.46. Eastern Communications Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥2.84. Hence, Eastern Communications Co's PB Ratio of today is 3.69.

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

SHSE:600776' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.63   Med: 4.17   Max: 14.89
Current: 3.68

During the past 13 years, Eastern Communications Co's highest PB Ratio was 14.89. The lowest was 1.63. And the median was 4.17.

SHSE:600776's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
81.14% of 2391 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs SHSE:600776: 3.68

During the past 12 months, Eastern Communications Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Eastern Communications Co was 24.80% per year. The lowest was -15.10% per year. And the median was 2.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Eastern Communications Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eastern Communications 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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Eastern Communications Co PB Ratio Chart

Eastern Communications 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 8.36 4.67 4.40 3.43 4.14

Eastern Communications Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 4.11 5.33 4.40 4.14 3.58

Competitive Comparison of Eastern Communications Co's PB Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Eastern Communications 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.


Eastern Communications Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Eastern Communications Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eastern Communications Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Eastern Communications 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.

Eastern Communications Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=10.46/2.837
=3.69

* 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.


Eastern Communications Co  (SHSE:600776) 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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Eastern Communications Co (SHSE:600776) Business Description

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Address
No. 66 Dongxin Avenue, New and High-Technology Development Zone, Binjiang District, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, CHN, 310053
Eastern Communications Co Ltd is a China-based communications services company. It provides solutions for industrial applications and listed companies in the fields of communication and financial technology, communications business, an intelligent manufacturing business and intelligent services and software and other fields. The company's product portfolio includes private network communications and information security products and solutions; financial electronic equipment and operations services; communications and information technology integration services and EMS manufacturing operations. The company's products and solutions are used in China and other international countries.

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