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Hercules Resources (XCNQ:HERC) PB Ratio : 17.17 (As of Jun. 03, 2024)


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What is Hercules 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 (2024-06-03), Hercules Resources's share price is C$0.2575. Hercules Resources's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.02. Hence, Hercules Resources's PB Ratio of today is 17.17.

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

XCNQ:HERC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 26.67
Current: 17.17

During the past 2 years, Hercules Resources's highest PB Ratio was 26.67. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

XCNQ:HERC's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
96.17% of 2379 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.43 vs XCNQ:HERC: 17.17

During the past 12 months, Hercules Resources's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Hercules Resources PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hercules 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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Hercules Resources PB Ratio Chart

Hercules Resources Annual Data
Trend Sep22 Sep23
PB Ratio
- 7.89

Hercules Resources Quarterly Data
Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - 3.50 5.83 7.89 6.67

Competitive Comparison of Hercules Resources's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Hercules 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.


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

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

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



Hercules 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=0.2575/0.015
=17.17

* 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.


Hercules Resources  (XCNQ:HERC) 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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Hercules Resources (XCNQ:HERC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1130 Pender Street West, Suite 820, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 4A4
Website
Hercules Resources Corp is a mineral exploration company involved in the identification, acquisition, and exploration of mineral properties located in British Columbia. The company is exploring copper. The firm holds interest in MP Copper Project.
Executives
Alan Shui Yan Tam Director

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