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Starts Publishing (TSE:7849) PB Ratio : 1.49 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Starts Publishing 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 (2024-05-25), Starts Publishing's share price is 円3325.00. Starts Publishing's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円2,231.23. Hence, Starts Publishing's PB Ratio of today is 1.49.

Good Sign:

Starts Publishing Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.54) is close to 1-year low of 1.51

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

TSE:7849' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 1.09   Max: 2.71
Current: 1.49

During the past 13 years, Starts Publishing's highest PB Ratio was 2.71. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 1.09.

TSE:7849's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
51.47% of 952 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.45 vs TSE:7849: 1.49

During the past 12 months, Starts Publishing's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 26.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 19.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Starts Publishing was 19.10% per year. The lowest was 5.90% per year. And the median was 7.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Starts Publishing PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Starts Publishing'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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Starts Publishing PB Ratio Chart

Starts Publishing Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.17 1.09 1.25 1.78 1.73

Starts Publishing Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.89 2.19 1.96 1.73 1.96

Competitive Comparison of Starts Publishing's PB Ratio

For the Publishing subindustry, Starts Publishing'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.


Starts Publishing's PB Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Starts Publishing's PB Ratio falls into.



Starts Publishing 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.

Starts Publishing's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=3325.00/2231.227
=1.49

* 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.


Starts Publishing  (TSE:7849) 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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Starts Publishing (TSE:7849) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1-3-1, Daiei Building 7F, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 104-0031
Starts Publishing Corp is engaged in Tokyo marketing domain which include event planning and management and sales to publishing store, and post contents of the domain.

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