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Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co (XKRX:001260) PB Ratio : 0.52 (As of Jun. 25, 2024)


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What is Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co 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 (2024-06-25), Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's share price is ₩6180.00. Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₩11,999.82. Hence, Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.52.

Good Sign:

Nam Kwang Engineering & Construction Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.53) is close to 10-year low of 0.5

The historical rank and industry rank for Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XKRX:001260' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5   Med: 2.02   Max: 55.72
Current: 0.52

During the past 13 years, Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's highest PB Ratio was 55.72. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 2.02.

XKRX:001260's PB Ratio is ranked better than
82.75% of 1629 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs XKRX:001260: 0.52

During the past 12 months, Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co'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 19.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 20.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co was 81.60% per year. The lowest was -89.40% per year. And the median was 8.25% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co'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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Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co PB Ratio Chart

Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co 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 2.10 1.98 1.56 0.81 0.67

Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.80 0.94 0.78 0.67 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's PB Ratio

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co'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.


Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co 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.

Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=6180.00/11999.821
=0.52

* 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.


Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co  (XKRX:001260) 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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Nam Kwang Engineeringnstruction Co (XKRX:001260) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
459-3, Gil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, KOR, 134-814
Nam Kwang Engineering & Construction Co Ltd is a civil engineering and construction company in South Korea. It constructs roads, bridges, tunnels, subways, harbors, dams, railroads and airports, as well as sewerage and water work.

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