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Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co (TSE:7928) PB Ratio : 0.34 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Asahi Kagaku Kogyo 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 (2024-05-24), Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's share price is 円556.00. Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円1,653.58. Hence, Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.34.

Good Sign:

Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.34) is close to 3-year low of 0.31

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

TSE:7928' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 0.33   Max: 0.99
Current: 0.33

During the past 13 years, Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's highest PB Ratio was 0.99. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.33.

TSE:7928's PB Ratio is ranked better than
97.1% of 2933 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.93 vs TSE:7928: 0.33

During the past 12 months, Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co was 12.00% per year. The lowest was -5.60% per year. And the median was 2.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asahi Kagaku Kogyo 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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Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co PB Ratio Chart

Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.34 0.30 0.75 0.43 0.37

Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.42 0.37 0.37 0.34 0.35

Competitive Comparison of Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's PB Ratio

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, Asahi Kagaku Kogyo 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.


Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Asahi Kagaku Kogyo 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.

Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Feb. 2024)
=556.00/1653.58
=0.34

* 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.


Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co  (TSE:7928) 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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Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co (TSE:7928) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Anjo-shi Shioga Irucho Hiromi 133-3, Aichi, JPN, 844-1205
Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Co Ltd is a manufacturer of plastic parts, plastics molded products, processed goods and sets of plastics. It also provides electric tool parts, automobile parts, applied equipment, pump parts, building materials.

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