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Castech (SZSE:002222) PB Ratio : 7.32 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Castech 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), Castech's share price is ¥25.60. Castech's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥3.50. Hence, Castech's PB Ratio of today is 7.32.

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

SZSE:002222' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.71   Med: 6.16   Max: 13.61
Current: 7.31

During the past 13 years, Castech's highest PB Ratio was 13.61. The lowest was 2.71. And the median was 6.16.

SZSE:002222's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
94.14% of 2389 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.85 vs SZSE:002222: 7.31

During the past 12 months, Castech's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Castech was 26.60% per year. The lowest was -1.50% per year. And the median was 10.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Castech PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Castech'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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Castech PB Ratio Chart

Castech 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 5.41 5.50 6.64 4.89 8.73

Castech 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 6.92 8.56 8.31 8.73 7.97

Competitive Comparison of Castech's PB Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Castech'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.


Castech's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Castech 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.

Castech's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=25.60/3.498
=7.32

* 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.


Castech  (SZSE:002222) 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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Castech (SZSE:002222) Business Description

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Address
155 Yangqiao WestRoad, Fuzhou, Fujian, CHN, 350002
Castech Inc is a manufacturer and supplier of crystals and optical components. The company manufactures a wide range of high precision spherical, cylindrical and flat optics components for original equipment manufacturer customers from industries of the laser, telecom, biomedical instruments and analysis instruments. More than 80% of the company's products exported to North America, Europe, Japan and other Asian countries.

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