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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co (TPE:8473) PB Ratio : 0.80 (As of Apr. 16, 2025)


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What is Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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 (2025-04-16), Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's share price is NT$29.20. Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was NT$36.36. Hence, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.80.

Good Sign:

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.8) is close to 2-year low of 0.73.

The historical rank and industry rank for Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:8473' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 1.14   Max: 1.73
Current: 0.8

During the past 13 years, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.73. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 1.14.

TPE:8473's PB Ratio is ranked better than
75.63% of 238 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 1.48 vs TPE:8473: 0.80

During the past 12 months, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co was 2.50% per year. The lowest was -32.40% per year. And the median was -0.85% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co PB Ratio Chart

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.98 0.84 0.75 0.83 0.99

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.83 1.11 1.21 1.23 0.99

Competitive Comparison of Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's PB Ratio

For the Waste Management subindustry, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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.


Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's PB Ratio falls into.


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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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.

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=29.20/36.363
=0.80

* 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.


Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co  (TPE:8473) 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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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Number 99 Jilin Road, 3rd Floor, Zhongshan District, Taipei, TWN
Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Ltd is engaged includes engineering projects for environmental protection, sewage treatment, waste treatment and recycling, and the recycling and decomposition of compostable food waste. It also provides the construction of a water purification plant, the construction of a sewage treatment plant in the scientific industrial park, and the construction of a sewage treatment plant.

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