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South Pacific Metals (TSXV:SPMC) PB Ratio : 0.79 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is South Pacific Metals 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 (2024-05-17), South Pacific Metals's share price is C$0.46. South Pacific Metals's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.58. Hence, South Pacific Metals's PB Ratio of today is 0.79.

The historical rank and industry rank for South Pacific Metals's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSXV:SPMC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 120.01
Current: 0.79

During the past 3 years, South Pacific Metals's highest PB Ratio was 120.01. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

TSXV:SPMC's PB Ratio is ranked better than
73.1% of 2383 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.42 vs TSXV:SPMC: 0.79

During the past 12 months, South Pacific Metals's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -52.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


South Pacific Metals PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for South Pacific Metals'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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South Pacific Metals PB Ratio Chart

South Pacific Metals Annual Data
Trend Nov20 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
- 0.77 0.69

South Pacific Metals Quarterly Data
Feb20 Jun20 Nov20 Feb21 Jun21 Sep21 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 0.77 0.69 0.34 0.48 0.69

Competitive Comparison of South Pacific Metals's PB Ratio

For the Gold subindustry, South Pacific Metals'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.


South Pacific Metals's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where South Pacific Metals's PB Ratio falls into.



South Pacific Metals 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.

South Pacific Metals's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=0.46/0.581
=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.


South Pacific Metals  (TSXV:SPMC) 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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South Pacific Metals (TSXV:SPMC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
550 Burrard Street, Suite 2900, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 0A3
Kainantu Resources Ltd is an Asia-Pacific-focused gold mining company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of exploration and evaluation assets in PNG. Its projects are KRL North and South and May River project. It has one operating segment which is the acquisition, exploration and development of exploration and evaluation assets in PNG.

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