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Shin-Etsu Polymer Co (TSE:7970) PB Ratio : 0.92 (As of Apr. 16, 2025)


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What is Shin-Etsu Polymer 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 (2025-04-16), Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's share price is 円1351.00. Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 円1,464.06. Hence, Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.92.

Good Sign:

Shin-Etsu Polymer Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.92) is close to 3-year low of 0.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:7970' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 0.95   Max: 1.5
Current: 0.92

During the past 13 years, Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.50. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 0.95.

TSE:7970's PB Ratio is ranked better than
69.41% of 1530 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.48 vs TSE:7970: 0.92

During the past 12 months, Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% 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 7.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Shin-Etsu Polymer Co was 12.40% per year. The lowest was -4.00% per year. And the median was 4.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Shin-Etsu Polymer Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shin-Etsu Polymer 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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Shin-Etsu Polymer Co PB Ratio Chart

Shin-Etsu Polymer 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 0.81 0.93 0.97 1.15 1.10

Shin-Etsu Polymer Co Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 1.20 1.10 - 1.03 1.13

Competitive Comparison of Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Shin-Etsu Polymer 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.


Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's PB Ratio falls into.


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Shin-Etsu Polymer 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.

Shin-Etsu Polymer Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=1351.00/1464.062
=0.92

* 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.


Shin-Etsu Polymer Co  (TSE:7970) 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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Shin-Etsu Polymer Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Sotetsu Kandasudacho Building, 1-9 Kanda-Sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 101-0041
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co Ltd manufactures polyvinyl and rubber products. The company develops applications for using the silicone and various plastics involving materials and compounding, design, molding processes, and evaluation and analysis and meets the needs of customers engaged in the field from automobiles and information devices to semiconductors and construction materials. Shin-Etsu sells its products mainly to the electronic devices industry, housing and living materials industry, precision molding products industry and others but majority of the revenues are derived from precision molding products which includes shipping and carrying containers for semiconductor silicon wafers, materials for automatic mounting of electronic components, office automation device components.

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