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Benton Resources (TSXV:BEX) PB Ratio : 1.48 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Benton Resources 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 (2024-04-30), Benton Resources's share price is C$0.135. Benton Resources's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.09. Hence, Benton Resources's PB Ratio of today is 1.48.

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

TSXV:BEX' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 4.26
Current: 1.48

During the past 12 years, Benton Resources's highest PB Ratio was 4.26. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

TSXV:BEX's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
52.4% of 2393 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.38 vs TSXV:BEX: 1.48

During the past 12 months, Benton Resources's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -15.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.50% per year.

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Benton Resources was 16.30% per year. The lowest was -22.60% per year. And the median was -6.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Benton Resources PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Benton Resources'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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Benton Resources PB Ratio Chart

Benton Resources Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.67 0.85 1.63 1.28 0.71

Benton Resources Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.34 1.00 0.71 0.64 2.25

Competitive Comparison of Benton Resources's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Benton Resources'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.


Benton Resources's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Benton Resources's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Benton Resources's PB Ratio falls into.



Benton Resources 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.

Benton Resources's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=0.135/0.091
=1.48

* 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.


Benton Resources  (TSXV:BEX) 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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Benton Resources (TSXV:BEX) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
684 Squier Street, Thunder Bay, ON, CAN, P7B 4A8
Benton Resources Inc is a mineral exploration company. The company has a diversified, highly-prospective property portfolio of Gold, Silver, Nickel, Copper, Platinum Group Elements and Lithium assets. In addition, it holds large equity positions in other mining companies that are advancing high-quality assets. Benton has a strategic alliance with Sokoman Minerals Corp through three joint-venture properties including Grey River, Golden Hope, and Kepenkeck in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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