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Nihon Kagakungyo Co (TSE:4094) PB Ratio : 0.67 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is Nihon Kagakungyo 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 (2024-06-22), Nihon Kagakungyo Co's share price is 円1530.00. Nihon Kagakungyo Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円2,287.72. Hence, Nihon Kagakungyo Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.67.

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

TSE:4094' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.57   Max: 1.48
Current: 0.66

During the past 13 years, Nihon Kagakungyo Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.48. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.57.

TSE:4094's PB Ratio is ranked better than
85.57% of 1532 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.575 vs TSE:4094: 0.66

During the past 12 months, Nihon Kagakungyo Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Nihon Kagakungyo Co was 6.60% per year. The lowest was 4.40% per year. And the median was 5.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Nihon Kagakungyo Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nihon Kagakungyo 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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Nihon Kagakungyo Co PB Ratio Chart

Nihon Kagakungyo Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.51 0.64 0.55 0.48

Nihon Kagakungyo Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.44 0.48 0.50 0.49 0.62

Competitive Comparison of Nihon Kagakungyo Co's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Nihon Kagakungyo 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.


Nihon Kagakungyo Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Nihon Kagakungyo Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nihon Kagakungyo Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Nihon Kagakungyo 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.

Nihon Kagakungyo Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=1530.00/2287.721
=0.67

* 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.


Nihon Kagakungyo Co  (TSE:4094) 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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Nihon Kagakungyo Co (TSE:4094) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
20-5 Shitaya 2-chome, Taito-ku, Tokyo, JPN
Nihon Kagaku Sangyo Co Ltd is a Japan-based chemical manufacturer. Its business activities are divided into two divisions including Chemical business which is engaged in production and sales of organic and inorganic industrial chemicals. And Building Materials business which offers metal products. Its chemical product offerings include copper compounds, tin compounds, nickel compounds, cobalt compounds, metallic soaps, among others. The building materials division offers products including plancier air vent, nent roof, finish hardware, mail post, approach stainless steel, handrails, heat exchanger, metal eaves fascia and cold rolling forming hardware.

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