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Muromachi Chemicals (TSE:4885) PB Ratio : 1.56 (As of Mar. 23, 2025)


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What is Muromachi Chemicals 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 (2025-03-23), Muromachi Chemicals's share price is 円906.00. Muromachi Chemicals's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2024 was 円580.55. Hence, Muromachi Chemicals's PB Ratio of today is 1.56.

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

TSE:4885' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.19   Med: 1.7   Max: 5.29
Current: 1.55

During the past 6 years, Muromachi Chemicals's highest PB Ratio was 5.29. The lowest was 1.19. And the median was 1.70.

TSE:4885's PB Ratio is ranked better than
51.7% of 1530 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs TSE:4885: 1.55

During the past 12 months, Muromachi Chemicals's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 65.20% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Muromachi Chemicals was 124.20% per year. The lowest was 16.20% per year. And the median was 57.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Muromachi Chemicals PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Muromachi Chemicals'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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Muromachi Chemicals PB Ratio Chart

Muromachi Chemicals Annual Data
Trend May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 3.42 1.87 1.55 1.19

Muromachi Chemicals Quarterly Data
May19 May20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Nov24
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 1.62 1.47 1.33 1.19 1.25

Competitive Comparison of Muromachi Chemicals's PB Ratio

For the Chemicals subindustry, Muromachi Chemicals'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.


Muromachi Chemicals's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Muromachi Chemicals's PB Ratio falls into.



Muromachi Chemicals 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.

Muromachi Chemicals's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Nov. 2024)
=906.00/580.549
=1.56

* 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.


Muromachi Chemicals  (TSE:4885) 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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Muromachi Chemicals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1-38-5 Shinkatsudachi, Omuta, Fukuoka, JPN, 836-0895
Muromachi Chemicals Inc is engaged in the production and distribution of pharmaceuticals; planning, production, and distribution of health foods and, distribution and processing of ion-exchange resin products.

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