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Gakken Holdings Co (TSE:9470) PB Ratio : 0.79 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Gakken 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 (2024-05-23), Gakken Holdings Co's share price is 円984.00. Gakken Holdings Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円1,243.02. Hence, Gakken Holdings Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.79.

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

TSE:9470' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 0.85   Max: 1.91
Current: 0.79

During the past 13 years, Gakken Holdings Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.91. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 0.85.

TSE:9470's PB Ratio is ranked better than
72.22% of 252 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.535 vs TSE:9470: 0.79

During the past 12 months, Gakken Holdings Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Gakken Holdings Co was 7.20% per year. The lowest was -2.40% per year. And the median was 2.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Gakken Holdings Co PB Ratio Historical Data

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

Gakken Holdings Co Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.28 1.67 1.12 0.87 0.73

Gakken Holdings Co 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 0.74 0.76 0.73 0.83 0.76

Competitive Comparison of Gakken Holdings Co's PB Ratio

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Gakken 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.


Gakken Holdings Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Gakken Holdings Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gakken 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=984.00/1243.02
=0.79

* 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.


Gakken Holdings Co  (TSE:9470) 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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Gakken Holdings Co (TSE:9470) Business Description

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Address
11-8 Nishigotanda 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 141-8510
Gakken Holdings Co Ltd is a Japan-based company offering education and training services. Its business activities include publishing, education, and stationery. Its publishing business includes picture books, illustrated reference books, reading materials, study guides, educational books helpful for business skills, and entertainment magazines. Education business conducts science experiment, math, and intellectual development classroom sessions. Stationery business design, develop and sell stationeries and general merchandises such as fusen (tags), notebook, fun-tape, letters, envelopes, calendars, and lunch boxes. Gakken also develops and operates daycare centers, kindergartens, special services for the elderly, and own-home nursing services.

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