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Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) PB Ratio : 0.86 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Fletcher Building 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 (2024-04-30), Fletcher Building's share price is A$3.47. Fletcher Building's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$4.05. Hence, Fletcher Building's PB Ratio of today is 0.86.

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

ASX:FBU' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 1.16   Max: 1.88
Current: 0.89

During the past 13 years, Fletcher Building's highest PB Ratio was 1.88. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 1.16.

ASX:FBU's PB Ratio is ranked better than
64.38% of 379 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 1.23 vs ASX:FBU: 0.89

During the past 12 months, Fletcher Building's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.50% 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 -0.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Fletcher Building was 30.60% per year. The lowest was -11.00% per year. And the median was 1.00% per year.

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Fletcher Building PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fletcher Building'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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Fletcher Building PB Ratio Chart

Fletcher Building Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.01 0.87 1.65 1.03 1.16

Fletcher Building Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 1.56 1.03 1.03 1.16 1.09

Competitive Comparison of Fletcher Building's PB Ratio

For the Building Materials subindustry, Fletcher Building'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.


Fletcher Building's PB Ratio Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Fletcher Building's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fletcher Building's PB Ratio falls into.



Fletcher Building 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.

Fletcher Building's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=3.47/4.045
=0.86

* 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.


Fletcher Building  (ASX:FBU) 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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Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
810 Great South Road, Penrose, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 1061
Fletcher Building is a New Zealand-based building materials company with operations focused in New Zealand, but also extending to Australia. It has a conglomerate structure with diverse operations across concrete, building products, steel, retail distribution, construction, and development. Having previously expanded internationally through acquisitions, operations have gradually refocused on the New Zealand and Australian businesses.

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