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LG Life Sciences (XKRX:068875.PFD) PB Ratio : (As of May. 03, 2025)


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What is LG Life Sciences 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 (2025-05-03), LG Life Sciences's share price is ₩44000.00. LG Life Sciences's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was ₩0.00. Hence, LG Life Sciences's PB Ratio of today is .

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

XKRX:068875.PFD' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.68   Med: 3.22   Max: 5.72
Current: 3.99

During the past 9 years, LG Life Sciences's highest PB Ratio was 5.72. The lowest was 1.68. And the median was 3.22.

XKRX:068875.PFD's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 2.29 vs XKRX:068875.PFD: 3.99

During the past 12 months, LG Life Sciences's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.80% per year.

During the past 9 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of LG Life Sciences was 1.10% per year. The lowest was -6.20% per year. And the median was -0.85% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


LG Life Sciences PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for LG Life Sciences'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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LG Life Sciences PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of LG Life Sciences's PB Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, LG Life Sciences'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.


LG Life Sciences's PB Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, LG Life Sciences's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where LG Life Sciences's PB Ratio falls into.


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LG Life Sciences 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.

LG Life Sciences's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2016)
=44000.00/
=

* 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.


LG Life Sciences  (XKRX:068875.PFD) 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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LG Life Sciences Business Description

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LG Life Sciences., Ltd. manufactures and markets medicines and fine chemistry products. The company produces the medicine based on genetic engineering and raw materials for agricultural pesticides and medicines.

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