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Kyeong Nam Steel Co (XKRX:039240) PB Ratio : 1.86 (As of Apr. 11, 2025)


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What is Kyeong Nam Steel 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 (2025-04-11), Kyeong Nam Steel Co's share price is ₩7730.00. Kyeong Nam Steel Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was ₩4,159.45. Hence, Kyeong Nam Steel Co's PB Ratio of today is 1.86.

Warning Sign:

Kyeong Nam Steel Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=1.95) is close to 3-year high of 1.95.

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

XKRX:039240' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32   Med: 0.68   Max: 3.06
Current: 1.86

During the past 13 years, Kyeong Nam Steel Co's highest PB Ratio was 3.06. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 0.68.

XKRX:039240's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
77.83% of 618 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 0.86 vs XKRX:039240: 1.86

During the past 12 months, Kyeong Nam Steel Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Kyeong Nam Steel Co was 20.10% per year. The lowest was 2.80% per year. And the median was 4.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Kyeong Nam Steel Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kyeong Nam Steel 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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Kyeong Nam Steel Co PB Ratio Chart

Kyeong Nam Steel Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 1.28 0.76 0.78 1.09

Kyeong Nam Steel Co Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 0.78 0.83 0.75 0.72 1.09

Competitive Comparison of Kyeong Nam Steel Co's PB Ratio

For the Steel subindustry, Kyeong Nam Steel 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.


Kyeong Nam Steel Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Kyeong Nam Steel Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Kyeong Nam Steel 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.

Kyeong Nam Steel Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=7730.00/4159.449
=1.86

* 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.


Kyeong Nam Steel Co  (XKRX:039240) 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.


Kyeong Nam Steel Co PB Ratio Related Terms

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Kyeong Nam Steel Co Business Description

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Address
61-46 Ungnam-Dong, ChangWon-Si, Gyeongsangnam-do, KOR, 641-290
Kyeong Nam Steel Co Ltd is engaged in manufacturing and selling steel products in South Korea. The company offers cold rolled products, including cold rolled steel sheets, pickled steel plates, hot-dip galvanized steel sheets, alloyed galvanized steel sheets, electric galvanized steel sheets, hot-rolled hot-dip galvanized steel sheets, hot-rolled galvanized steel sheets, and high corrosion resistant coated steel sheets.

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