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 (2024-05-18), Lafarge's share price is €65.00. Lafarge's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was €52.28. Hence, Lafarge's PB Ratio of today is 1.24.
The historical rank and industry rank for Lafarge's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
XPAR:LGNV'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.41 Med: 1.04 Max: 2.3
Current: 1.19
During the past 13 years, Lafarge's highest PB Ratio was 2.30. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 1.04.
XPAR:LGNV's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 1.22
vs XPAR:LGNV: 1.19
During the past 12 months, Lafarge's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -13.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Lafarge was 18.40% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was -1.25% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Lafarge PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lafarge'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.
For the Building Materials subindustry, Lafarge'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.
Lafarge's PB Ratio Distribution in the Building Materials Industry
For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Lafarge's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lafarge's PB Ratio falls into.
Lafarge 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.
Lafarge's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
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.
Lafarge PB Ratio Related Terms
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Lafarge SA is a French limited liability company governed by French law and was founded in France in 1833 and was incorporated in 1884 under the name "J. et A. Pavin de Lafarge". The Company provides building materials. It is engaged in producing & selling cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete, mostly under the "Lafarge" brand name. Its building products and solutions are used to construct and renovate homes, buildings and infrastructures. At year-end 2013, Company cement production operated, in 56 countries, 113 cement plants and 42 grinding plants, with an annual production capacity of 221 million tons. It also manages cement trading activities. The Company aggregates and concrete are used as raw materials for concrete, masonry, asphalt, and other industrial processes, and as base materials for roads, landï¬lls, and building. As of December 31, 2013, Company had approximately 437 production facilities for aggregates in 23 countries. The Company's Ready-mix concrete had 1,026 concrete plants in 33 countries as of December 31, 2014. The Company also produces asphalt in North America and the United Kingdom, and sells either as a stand-alone product, or in conjunction with contracted paving. The Company operates in Western Europe, North America, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia.
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