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Air Liquide (WBO:AI) PB Ratio : 3.75 (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Air Liquide 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 (2024-12-15), Air Liquide's share price is €160.52. Air Liquide's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was €42.86. Hence, Air Liquide's PB Ratio of today is 3.75.

Good Sign:

Air Liquide SA stock PB Ratio (=3.73) is close to 1-year low of 3.6

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

WBO:AI' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.34   Med: 3.22   Max: 4.2
Current: 3.73

During the past 13 years, Air Liquide's highest PB Ratio was 4.20. The lowest was 2.34. And the median was 3.22.

WBO:AI's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
79.31% of 1532 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs WBO:AI: 3.73

During the past 12 months, Air Liquide's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Air Liquide was 12.70% per year. The lowest was 3.90% per year. And the median was 7.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Air Liquide PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Air Liquide'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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Air Liquide PB Ratio Chart

Air Liquide Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.16 3.45 3.40 2.95 3.80

Air Liquide Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 2.97 2.95 3.69 3.80 3.81

Competitive Comparison of Air Liquide's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Air Liquide'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.


Air Liquide's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Air Liquide's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Air Liquide 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.

Air Liquide's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2024)
=160.52/42.855
=3.75

* 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.


Air Liquide  (WBO:AI) 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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Air Liquide Business Description

Address
75, Quai d'Orsay, Paris, FRA, 75007
Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is one of the leading industrial gas companies in the world, serving over 3.8 million customers in 78 countries. The company generated approximately EUR 27.6 billion of revenue in 2023, serving a wide range of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, food and beverage, and electronics. Air Liquide employs approximately 65,000 people.