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Ameritrans Capital (Ameritrans Capital) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Ameritrans Capital 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 (2024-04-27), Ameritrans Capital's share price is $0.0194. Ameritrans Capital's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was $-4.23. Hence, Ameritrans Capital's PB Ratio of today is .

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

AMTCQ's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.93
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Ameritrans Capital PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ameritrans Capital'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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Ameritrans Capital PB Ratio Chart

Ameritrans Capital Annual Data
Trend Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12
PB Ratio
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Ameritrans Capital Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Ameritrans Capital's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Ameritrans Capital'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.


Ameritrans Capital's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ameritrans Capital's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ameritrans Capital's PB Ratio falls into.



Ameritrans Capital 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.

Ameritrans Capital's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2013)
=0.0194/-4.225
=

* 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.


Ameritrans Capital  (OTCPK:AMTCQ) 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.


Ameritrans Capital PB Ratio Related Terms

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Ameritrans Capital (Ameritrans Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
50 Jericho Quadrange, Suite 109, Jericho, NY, USA, 11753
Ameritrans Capital Corp is a closed-end investment company. The company makes loans and investments with the goal of generating both current income and capital appreciation.
Executives
Peter Boockvar director C/O MILLER TABAK + CO.,, 331 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
James E Mitchell 10 percent owner 3499 ROUTE 9 NORTH, STE 3C, FREEDHOLD NJ 07728
Richardson Kevin A Ii director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
Prides Capital Partners, Llc director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
Murray A Indick director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
Michael Feinsod director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and President
Charles E Mccarthy director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
Lawlor Henry J Jr director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
Christian Puscasiu 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110

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