Smiths News (Smiths News) PB Ratio : (As of May. 01, 2024)

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What is Smiths News 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 (2024-05-01), Smiths News's share price is $4.13. Smiths News's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $-1.67. Hence, Smiths News's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Smiths News's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, Smiths News's highest PB Ratio was 44.47. The lowest was 2.69. And the median was 26.02.

SMWPY's PB Ratio is not ranked ^*
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.465
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 41.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 20.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Smiths News was 41.50% per year. The lowest was -60.20% per year. And the median was 6.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Smiths News PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths News'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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Competitive Comparison of Smiths News's PB Ratio

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News'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.

Smiths News's PB Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smiths News's PB Ratio falls into.

Smiths News 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.

Smiths News's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Aug. 2023)
	=	4.13	/	-1.672
	=

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

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(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Smiths News (OTCPK:SMWPY) 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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Smiths News (Smiths News) Business Description

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Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH

Website

https://www.smithsnews.co.uk

Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.