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Velan (VLNSF) PB Ratio : 0.92 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Velan 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 (2024-12-13), Velan's share price is $7.721. Velan's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $8.41. Hence, Velan's PB Ratio of today is 0.92.

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

VLNSF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 0.61   Max: 1.21
Current: 0.94

During the past 13 years, Velan's highest PB Ratio was 1.21. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.61.

VLNSF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
79.34% of 2929 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 2.12 vs VLNSF: 0.94

During the past 12 months, Velan's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -13.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -9.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Velan was 19.70% per year. The lowest was -13.30% per year. And the median was 2.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Velan PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Velan'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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Velan PB Ratio Chart

Velan Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.40 0.46 0.62 1.03 0.45

Velan Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
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 0.87 0.46 0.45 0.52 0.54

Competitive Comparison of Velan's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Velan'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.


Velan's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Velan's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Velan 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.

Velan's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Aug. 2024)
=7.721/8.405
=0.92

* 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.


Velan  (OTCPK:VLNSF) 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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Velan Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7007 Cote de Liesse, Montreal, QC, CAN, H4T 1G2
Velan Inc is an international manufacturer of industrial valves. It offers products such as Gate valves, check valves, cryogenic, steam traps, and others, which are used in various industries including power generation, oil, and gas, refining and petrochemicals, chemical, liquid natural gas (LNG) and cryogenics, pulp and paper, geothermal processes and shipbuilding. The company operates in various geographical regions: Canada, the United States, France, Italy and Other countries.

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