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Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Great Plains Energy 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 (2024-04-28), Great Plains Energy's share price is $101.50. Great Plains Energy's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $0.00. Hence, Great Plains Energy's PB Ratio of today is .

Good Sign:

Great Plains Energy Inc stock PB Ratio (=1.4) is close to 1-year low of 1.34

Warning Sign:

Great Plains Energy Inc stock PB Ratio (=1.4) is close to 10-year high of 1.5

The historical rank and industry rank for Great Plains Energy's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GXPPRDCL.PFD' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55   Med: 1.06   Max: 1.5
Current: 1.4

During the past 13 years, Great Plains Energy's highest PB Ratio was 1.50. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 1.06.

GXPPRDCL.PFD's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 1.39 vs GXPPRDCL.PFD: 1.40

During the past 12 months, Great Plains Energy's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Great Plains Energy was 9.00% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was 0.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Great Plains Energy PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Great Plains Energy'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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Great Plains Energy PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Great Plains Energy's PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Great Plains Energy'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.


Great Plains Energy's PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Great Plains Energy's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Great Plains Energy's PB Ratio falls into.



Great Plains Energy 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.

Great Plains Energy's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2018)
=101.50/
=

* 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.


Great Plains Energy  (NYSE:GXPPRDCL.PFD) 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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Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) Business Description

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Great Plains Energy is the holding company of Kansas City Power & Light and Greater Missouri Operations. The two regulated utilities provide electric service to roughly 900,000 customers in the Kansas City area and nearby western Missouri and eastern Kansas. The company has about 6.5 gigawatts of generating capacity. More than 80% of its electricity generation is from coal-fired plants, approximately 15% comes from its co-owned Wolf Creek nuclear plant, and the remainder is from gas, oil, and wind farms.

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