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Ways Electron Co (SHSE:605218) PB Ratio : 2.77 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is Ways Electron 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 (2024-06-22), Ways Electron Co's share price is ¥16.68. Ways Electron Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥6.02. Hence, Ways Electron Co's PB Ratio of today is 2.77.

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

SHSE:605218' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.85   Med: 2.7   Max: 4.92
Current: 2.77

During the past 8 years, Ways Electron Co's highest PB Ratio was 4.92. The lowest was 1.85. And the median was 2.70.

SHSE:605218's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
69.58% of 2393 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.92 vs SHSE:605218: 2.77

During the past 12 months, Ways Electron 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 4.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 19.50% per year.

During the past 8 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Ways Electron Co was 41.40% per year. The lowest was 4.50% per year. And the median was 21.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Ways Electron Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ways Electron 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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Ways Electron Co PB Ratio Chart

Ways Electron Co Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 2.74 3.06 2.45 4.39

Ways Electron 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 2.83 2.71 2.51 4.39 3.38

Competitive Comparison of Ways Electron Co's PB Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Ways Electron 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.


Ways Electron Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Ways Electron Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Ways Electron 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.

Ways Electron Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=16.68/6.02
=2.77

* 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.


Ways Electron Co  (SHSE:605218) 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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Ways Electron Co (SHSE:605218) Business Description

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Address
299 Yunque Road, Precision Machinery Industrial Park, Kunshan Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, Kunshan, CHN, 215300
Ways Electron Co Ltd is engaged in production and sales of backlight display modules, liquid crystal display modules and other products. The company specializes in the research & development, designing, manufacturing and sales area which focus on the products such as Backlight module, Liquid crystal module, Touch screen, related hardware parts and Rubber rollers of OA equipment such as printer.
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