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Caster Co (TSE:9331) PB Ratio : 1.73 (As of Sep. 25, 2024)


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What is Caster 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 (2024-09-25), Caster Co's share price is 円1104.00. Caster Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was 円636.41. Hence, Caster Co's PB Ratio of today is 1.73.

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

TSE:9331' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.44   Med: 1.98   Max: 4.07
Current: 1.74

During the past 3 years, Caster Co's highest PB Ratio was 4.07. The lowest was 1.44. And the median was 1.98.

TSE:9331's PB Ratio is ranked better than
50.24% of 1021 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs TSE:9331: 1.74

During the past 12 months, Caster Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Caster Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Caster 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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Caster Co PB Ratio Chart

Caster Co Annual Data
Trend Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
PB Ratio
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Caster Co Quarterly Data
Aug21 Aug22 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 2.19 1.94 1.98

Competitive Comparison of Caster Co's PB Ratio

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Caster 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.


Caster Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Caster Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Caster 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: May. 2024)
=1104.00/636.413
=1.73

* 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.


Caster Co  (TSE:9331) 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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Caster Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
11365-1 Kanoda, Saito, Miyazaki, JPN, 881-0104
Caster Co Ltd is engaged in human resource business operation that includes remote assistance. It has a motive to make remote work the norm.

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