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Eastern Security & Protection Services (Eastern Security & Protection Services) PB Ratio : 1.85 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Eastern Security & Protection Services 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), Eastern Security & Protection Services's share price is $3.05. Eastern Security & Protection Services's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 was $1.65. Hence, Eastern Security & Protection Services's PB Ratio of today is 1.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for Eastern Security & Protection Services's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

EAST's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.77
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Eastern Security & Protection Services PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eastern Security & Protection Services'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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Eastern Security & Protection Services PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Eastern Security & Protection Services's PB Ratio

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Eastern Security & Protection Services'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.


Eastern Security & Protection Services's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Eastern Security & Protection Services's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eastern Security & Protection Services's PB Ratio falls into.



Eastern Security & Protection Services 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.

Eastern Security & Protection Services's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2011)
=3.05/1.65
=1.85

* 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.


Eastern Security & Protection Services  (OTCPK:EAST) 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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Eastern Security & Protection Services (Eastern Security & Protection Services) Business Description

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Eastern Security & Protection Services, Inc. sells, distributes, installs and maintains security and safety products and systems in China.

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