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Wavelock Holdings Co (TSE:7940) PB Ratio : 0.31 (As of Mar. 29, 2025)


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What is Wavelock Holdings 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 (2025-03-29), Wavelock Holdings Co's share price is 円600.00. Wavelock Holdings Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 円1,940.77. Hence, Wavelock Holdings Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.31.

Good Sign:

Wavelock Holdings Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.31) is close to 10-year low of 0.3

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

TSE:7940' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 0.5   Max: 1.61
Current: 0.3

During the past 10 years, Wavelock Holdings Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.61. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.50.

TSE:7940's PB Ratio is ranked better than
96.93% of 1529 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.58 vs TSE:7940: 0.30

During the past 12 months, Wavelock Holdings Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.10% per year.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Wavelock Holdings Co was 26.70% per year. The lowest was 9.30% per year. And the median was 11.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Wavelock Holdings Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wavelock Holdings 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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Wavelock Holdings Co PB Ratio Chart

Wavelock Holdings Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.40 0.51 0.42 0.33 0.37

Wavelock Holdings Co Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Sep24
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 0.31 0.34 0.33 0.37 0.31

Competitive Comparison of Wavelock Holdings Co's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Wavelock Holdings 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.


Wavelock Holdings Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wavelock Holdings Co's PB Ratio falls into.


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Wavelock Holdings 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.

Wavelock Holdings Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=600.00/1940.769
=0.31

* 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.


Wavelock Holdings Co  (TSE:7940) 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.


Wavelock Holdings Co PB Ratio Related Terms

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Wavelock Holdings Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 8, No. 1 Akashi-cho, St. Road Tower, 13th Floor, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 104-0044
Wavelock Holdings Co Ltd manufactures and sells household goods related products in Japan. The company offers construction/ civil engineering related materials, wallpapers; smoke-free walls; door screens, insect repellent nets, gardening nets and plastic sheets, tear tapes, metal decorating films, Packaging related materials, Agriculture related materials, Automotive/ weak electric materials and processed products. It also processes and sells and provides consulting services to synthetic resins and various materials.

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