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Forth PCL (BKK:FORTH) PB Ratio : 7.48 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Forth PCL 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 (2024-04-29), Forth PCL's share price is ฿16.70. Forth PCL's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿2.23. Hence, Forth PCL's PB Ratio of today is 7.48.

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

BKK:FORTH' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.9   Med: 3.9   Max: 30.9
Current: 7.48

During the past 13 years, Forth PCL's highest PB Ratio was 30.90. The lowest was 2.90. And the median was 3.90.

BKK:FORTH's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
93.86% of 2395 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.86 vs BKK:FORTH: 7.48

During the past 12 months, Forth PCL's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Forth PCL was 17.30% per year. The lowest was -11.20% per year. And the median was 5.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Forth PCL PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forth PCL'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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Forth PCL PB Ratio Chart

Forth PCL 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 3.51 4.41 11.65 14.40 10.30

Forth PCL Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 14.40 12.90 11.50 13.14 10.30

Competitive Comparison of Forth PCL's PB Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Forth PCL'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.


Forth PCL's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Forth PCL's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forth PCL's PB Ratio falls into.



Forth PCL 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.

Forth PCL's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=16.70/2.232
=7.48

* 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.


Forth PCL  (BKK:FORTH) 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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Forth PCL (BKK:FORTH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1053/1, Phaholyothin Road, Phayathai Sub-district, Phayathai District, Bangkok, THA, 10400
Forth Corp PCL is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of electronic equipment and project work relating to design and install telecommunication equipment. The company is organized into business units based on its products and services and have three reportable segments as follows - Electronics Manufacturing Service segment designs manufactures of consigns and turnkey projects, and sales of semiconductor electronic parts. Enterprise solutions business segment that bids for project work, sources, subcontracts and install various systems for the government and private sectors. The Smart service business segment provides online financial transaction services and sells products and services through vending machines. The company and its subsidiaries are operated in Thailand only.

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