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Material Group (TSE:156A) PB Ratio : 3.17 (As of Apr. 11, 2025)


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What is Material Group 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 (2025-04-11), Material Group's share price is 円660.00. Material Group's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 円208.01. Hence, Material Group's PB Ratio of today is 3.17.

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

TSE:156A' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.73   Med: 3.67   Max: 6.12
Current: 3.18

During the past 3 years, Material Group's highest PB Ratio was 6.12. The lowest was 2.73. And the median was 3.67.

TSE:156A's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
78.86% of 946 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.33 vs TSE:156A: 3.18

During the past 12 months, Material Group's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 42.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Material Group PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Material Group'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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Material Group PB Ratio Chart

Material Group Annual Data
Trend Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
PB Ratio
- - 3.86

Material Group Quarterly Data
Aug22 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - 4.60 3.86

Competitive Comparison of Material Group's PB Ratio

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Material Group'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.


Material Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Material Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Material Group 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.

Material Group's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Aug. 2024)
=660.00/208.006
=3.17

* 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.


Material Group  (TSE:156A) 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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Material Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Arkhills Ark Mori Building, 35F, 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 107-6035
Material Group Inc is a company which is a specialized business group that provides comprehensive support for marketing communications for all types of businesses. It brings out the individuality of all materials, including brands, products, services, and talent, and maximize their potential.

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