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First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund (First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund) PB Ratio

: 0.96 (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 (2024-04-18), First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's share price is $11.415. First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was $11.95. Hence, First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's PB Ratio of today is 0.96.

The historical rank and industry rank for First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FSD' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.62   Med: 0.89   Max: 1.03
Current: 0.96

During the past 7 years, First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's highest PB Ratio was 1.03. The lowest was 0.62. And the median was 0.89.

FSD's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
55.82% of 1693 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.92 vs FSD: 0.96

During the past 12 months, First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.90% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund was -0.70% per year. The lowest was -9.30% per year. And the median was -6.75% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund'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.

* Premium members only.

First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.91 0.86 0.99 0.88 0.88

First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund Semi-Annual Data
Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
PB Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.99 0.91 0.88 0.90 0.88

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund'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.


First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund PB Ratio Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's PB Ratio falls into.



First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund 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.

First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Oct. 2023)
=11.415/11.945
=0.96

* 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.


First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund  (NYSE:FSD) 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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First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund (First Trust Highome Long/Short Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company based in the United States. The fund's objective is to provide a high current income to its investors. Its secondary objective is capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio in the United States. The fund holds an interest in various sectors, such as basic industry, healthcare, capital goods, telecommunications, automotive, banking, media, energy, leisure, insurance, technology and electronics, transportation, financial services and others.
Executives
Bronwyn Wright director FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Cameron S White other: Portfolio Manager Sub-Advisor MACKAY SHIELDS, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
M Keefe Denise director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Eric Gold other: Portfolio Manager Sub-Advisor C/O MACKAY SHIELDS LLC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Kelly Catherine Dehler other: Officer - Investment Advisor C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott Michael Friske other: Officer - Investment Advisor FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Shu Yang Tan other: Portfolio Mgr. Sub-Advisor MACKAY SHIELDS LLC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 43RD FL, NEW YORK NY 10105
Matthew Lowry Jacob other: Portfolio Mgr. Sub-Advisor MACKAY SHIELDS LLC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 43RD FL, NEW YORK NY 10105
Joseph Raymond Cantwell other: Portfolio Mgr. Sub-Advisor ALCENTRA NY, LLC, 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10106
Saba Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Boaz Weinstein 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
David Mcgarel other: Officer - Investment Adviser C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
James A Bowen director, officer: President, other: Officer - Investment Adviser C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Louis N. Cohen other: Member of Investment Team MACKAY SHIELDS LLC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Shane Shannon officer: Assistant Secretary FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187

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