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YLWDF (Yellow Pages) PB Ratio : 2.46 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Yellow Pages 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 (2024-12-14), Yellow Pages's share price is $7.96. Yellow Pages's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $3.24. Hence, Yellow Pages's PB Ratio of today is 2.46.

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

YLWDF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34   Med: 2.4   Max: 20.08
Current: 2.66

During the past 13 years, Yellow Pages's highest PB Ratio was 20.08. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 2.40.

YLWDF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
68.4% of 940 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.5 vs YLWDF: 2.66

During the past 12 months, Yellow Pages's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 43.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Yellow Pages was 92.30% per year. The lowest was -27.60% per year. And the median was 33.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Yellow Pages PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yellow Pages'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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Yellow Pages PB Ratio Chart

Yellow Pages 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 - 12.04 3.33 3.95 3.68

Yellow Pages Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 2.75 2.40 3.68 2.44 1.99

Competitive Comparison of Yellow Pages's PB Ratio

For the Publishing subindustry, Yellow Pages'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.


Yellow Pages's PB Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Yellow Pages's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yellow Pages's PB Ratio falls into.



Yellow Pages 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.

Yellow Pages's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2024)
=7.96/3.237
=2.46

* 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.


Yellow Pages  (OTCPK:YLWDF) 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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Yellow Pages Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1751 Richardson Street, Suite 8.300, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3K 1G6
Yellow Pages Ltd is a media and marketing solutions company in Canada, It offers local and national businesses access to digital and print media and marketing solutions to reach consumers in all the provinces and territories of Canada.