Richard Pierismpany (COL:RICH.N0000) PB Ratio

: 1.63 (As of Today)

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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 (2024-04-23), Richard Pierismpany's share price is රු20.10. Richard Pierismpany's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was රු12.35. Hence, Richard Pierismpany's PB Ratio of today is 1.63.

Good Sign:

Richard Pieris & Company PLC stock PB Ratio (=1.64) is close to 1-year low of 1.49

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

COL:RICH.N0000' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.05 Med: 1.64 Max: 14.68
Current: 1.64

During the past 13 years, Richard Pierismpany's highest PB Ratio was 14.68. The lowest was 1.05. And the median was 1.64.

COL:RICH.N0000's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
70.18% of 513 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 1.05 vs COL:RICH.N0000: 1.64

During the past 12 months, Richard Pierismpany's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 19.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Richard Pierismpany was 27.60% per year. The lowest was 3.80% per year. And the median was 14.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Richard Pierismpany PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Richard Pierismpany's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Richard Pierismpany Annual Data

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Mar14

Mar15

Mar16

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Mar18

Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

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1.41

1.10

1.97

1.19

1.72

Richard Pierismpany 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															1.87	1.72	1.72	1.73	1.66

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Richard Pierismpany'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.

Richard Pierismpany PB Ratio Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Richard Pierismpany's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Richard Pierismpany's PB Ratio falls into.

Richard Pierismpany 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.

Richard Pierismpany's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	20.10	/	12.348
	=	1.63

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Richard Pierismpany (COL:RICH.N0000) 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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Richard Pierismpany (COL:RICH.N0000) Business Description

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Address

Number 310, High Level Road, Nawinna, Maharagama, LKA

Website

https://www.arpico.com

Richard Pieris & Company PLC is a conglomerate that operates in various sectors including Rubber, Tyre, Plastic and furniture, Retail, Financial Services, Other Services, and Plantations. The company derives the majority of the revenue from a Retail segment that is involved in the sale of fast moving consumer goods, household goods, furniture and electronic goods and provides value-added services, such as bank service points, ATMs, credit card and mobile bill payment facilities. It operates a chain of Arpico Supercentres/Superstores, showrooms, and Arpico Daily Outlets. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Sri Lanka.

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