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Headwater Exploration (TSX:HWX) PB Ratio : 2.18 (As of Mar. 28, 2025)


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What is Headwater Exploration 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 (2025-03-28), Headwater Exploration's share price is C$6.42. Headwater Exploration's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was C$2.94. Hence, Headwater Exploration's PB Ratio of today is 2.18.

Good Sign:

Headwater Exploration Inc stock PB Ratio (=2.22) is close to 3-year low of 2.05.

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

TSX:HWX' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22   Med: 1.03   Max: 4.11
Current: 2.19

During the past 13 years, Headwater Exploration's highest PB Ratio was 4.11. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 1.03.

TSX:HWX's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
77.85% of 957 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.17 vs TSX:HWX: 2.19

During the past 12 months, Headwater Exploration's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 19.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Headwater Exploration was 77.90% per year. The lowest was -18.30% per year. And the median was 7.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Headwater Exploration PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Headwater Exploration'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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Headwater Exploration PB Ratio Chart

Headwater Exploration Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.73 2.82 2.55 2.42 2.25

Headwater Exploration 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 2.42 2.91 2.62 2.20 2.25

Competitive Comparison of Headwater Exploration's PB Ratio

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Headwater Exploration'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.


Headwater Exploration's PB Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Headwater Exploration's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Headwater Exploration's PB Ratio falls into.


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Headwater Exploration 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.

Headwater Exploration's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=6.42/2.942
=2.18

* 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.


Headwater Exploration  (TSX:HWX) 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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Headwater Exploration Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
215 - 9th Avenue S.W, Unit 1400, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 1K3
Headwater Exploration Inc is an oil and gas exploration and development company. It is engaged in the exploration for development and production of petroleum and natural gas onshore in McCully Field, New Brunswick and Marten Hills, Alberta. The firm generates substantial revenue from the sale of commodities which include crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids.
Executives
Phillip R. Knoll Director
Dieter Deines Senior Officer
Stephen Phillip Larke Director
Kevin Olson Director
Jonathan L. Grimwood Senior Officer
Chandra Henry Director
David Lawrence Pearce Director
Bradley Christman Senior Officer
Terry Ryan Danku Senior Officer
Alexandra Horvath Senior Officer
Scott Earl Rideout Senior Officer
Jason Jowill Jaskela Director, Senior Officer

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