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First Steamship Co (TPE:2601) PB Ratio : 0.76 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is First Steamship 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 (2024-05-16), First Steamship Co's share price is NT$8.30. First Steamship Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$10.98. Hence, First Steamship Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.76.

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

TPE:2601' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.37   Med: 0.74   Max: 2.04
Current: 0.75

During the past 13 years, First Steamship Co's highest PB Ratio was 2.04. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 0.74.

TPE:2601's PB Ratio is ranked better than
75.81% of 930 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.335 vs TPE:2601: 0.75

During the past 12 months, First Steamship Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -14.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of First Steamship Co was 29.00% per year. The lowest was -17.70% per year. And the median was -1.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


First Steamship Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Steamship 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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First Steamship Co PB Ratio Chart

First Steamship Co 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 0.77 0.93 1.10 0.68 0.84

First Steamship 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 0.71 0.72 0.67 0.84 0.71

Competitive Comparison of First Steamship Co's PB Ratio

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, First Steamship 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.


First Steamship Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, First Steamship Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Steamship Co's PB Ratio falls into.



First Steamship 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.

First Steamship Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=8.30/10.981
=0.76

* 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.


First Steamship Co  (TPE:2601) 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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First Steamship Co (TPE:2601) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Fuxing S Road, Da’an, 14th Floor, No.237, Sec. 2, Taipei, TWN, 106
First Steamship Co Ltd is Taiwan based company whose business activities are providing business consultation services and investments and selling, renting, investing in construction. Its business activities involve domestic and international sea transportation and related businesses, trading of vessels and related products, providing services of financial leasing, providing business consultation services, trading of cosmetics, furnishings and etc., investments, and selling, renting, investing in construction. It has four operating segments: Shipping business, investing department, retail business, and rental department.

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