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WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL (SHSE:603956) PB Ratio : 1.69 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL 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 (2024-05-16), WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's share price is ¥6.44. WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥3.81. Hence, WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's PB Ratio of today is 1.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:603956' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.46   Med: 5.36   Max: 13.1
Current: 1.69

During the past 10 years, WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's highest PB Ratio was 13.10. The lowest was 1.46. And the median was 5.36.

SHSE:603956's PB Ratio is ranked better than
57.13% of 2932 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.925 vs SHSE:603956: 1.69

During the past 12 months, WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.10% per year.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL was 17.90% per year. The lowest was -29.70% per year. And the median was 14.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL'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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WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL PB Ratio Chart

WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
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WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL 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 2.32 2.09 1.96 1.99 1.85

Competitive Comparison of WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL'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.


WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's PB Ratio falls into.



WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL 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.

WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=6.44/3.808
=1.69

* 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.


WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL  (SHSE:603956) 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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WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL (SHSE:603956) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 1 Hengyong Road, Jiading District, Shanghai, CHN, 201806
WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water PCL is a smart water solutions provider, is a professional technology service company dedicated to solving various problems arising in water supply for customers. Its core business includes the development, production, sales and service of secondary water supply Zhilian equipment with the concept of industrial Internet, the deployment, commissioning and maintenance of the intelligent water supply management platform system, providing safe, energy-saving and efficient operation for secondary water supply.

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