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Formosa Pharmaceuticals (TPE:6838) PB Ratio : 2.36 (As of Apr. 19, 2025)


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What is Formosa Pharmaceuticals 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 (2025-04-19), Formosa Pharmaceuticals's share price is NT$24.20. Formosa Pharmaceuticals's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was NT$10.25. Hence, Formosa Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio of today is 2.36.

Good Sign:

Formosa Pharmaceuticals Inc stock PB Ratio (=2.19) is close to 3-year low of 2.19.

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

TPE:6838' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.19   Med: 5.76   Max: 16.36
Current: 2.35

During the past 6 years, Formosa Pharmaceuticals's highest PB Ratio was 16.36. The lowest was 2.19. And the median was 5.76.

TPE:6838's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
53.55% of 1283 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 2.11 vs TPE:6838: 2.35

During the past 12 months, Formosa Pharmaceuticals's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 20.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 38.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 27.70% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Formosa Pharmaceuticals was 46.10% per year. The lowest was 2.50% per year. And the median was 38.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Formosa Pharmaceuticals PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Formosa Pharmaceuticals'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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Formosa Pharmaceuticals PB Ratio Chart

Formosa Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 8.76 12.75 5.88 3.65

Formosa Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 5.88 6.43 7.48 4.54 3.65

Competitive Comparison of Formosa Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Formosa Pharmaceuticals'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.


Formosa Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Formosa Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Formosa Pharmaceuticals 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.

Formosa Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=24.20/10.253
=2.36

* 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.


Formosa Pharmaceuticals  (TPE:6838) 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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Formosa Pharmaceuticals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 57, Fuxing North Road, 8th Floor 6, Songshan District, Taipei, TWN, 105
Formosa Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a late-preclinical and early-clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a focus on the indications of ophthalmology, oncology, and anti-infectives.

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