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 (2024-12-15), Spire's share price is $67.70. Spire's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $51.79. Hence, Spire's PB Ratio of today is 1.31.
The historical rank and industry rank for Spire's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SR'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.07 Med: 1.52 Max: 1.98
Current: 1.31
During the past 13 years, Spire's highest PB Ratio was 1.98. The lowest was 1.07. And the median was 1.52.
SR's PB Ratio is ranked better than 56.04% of 505
companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.42
vs SR: 1.31
During the past 12 months, Spire's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Spire was 11.00% per year. The lowest was 0.30% per year. And the median was 4.70% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Spire PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Spire'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.
For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Spire'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.
Spire's PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Spire's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Spire's PB Ratio falls into.
Spire 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.
Spire's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
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.
Spire PB Ratio Related Terms
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Spire Inc is a public utility holding company with three reportable business segments: Gas Utility, Gas Marketing and Midstream. The Gas Utility segment includes the regulated operations of Laclede Gas, Alabama Gas Corporation ('Alagasco') changed its name to Spire Alabama Inc. effective September 1, 2017, and Laclede Gas Company changed its name to Spire Missouri Inc. effective August 30, 2017. The Gas Utility segment generates a majority of the company's revenue but is subject to seasonal fluctuations. The Gas Marketing segment includes Laclede Energy Resources, Inc, whose operations include the marketing of natural gas and related activities on a non-regulated basis and the Midstream segment includes transportation and storage of natural gas. Maximum revenue from residential area.
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