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Headwaters (Headwaters) PB Ratio : 5.89 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Headwaters 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 (2024-04-25), Headwaters's share price is $24.24. Headwaters's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $4.11. Hence, Headwaters's PB Ratio of today is 5.89.

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

HW's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 1.23
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Headwaters PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Headwaters'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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Headwaters PB Ratio Chart

Headwaters Annual Data
Trend Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 7.78 8.99 5.83 4.31

Headwaters Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
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 5.78 4.88 4.31 5.81 5.71

Competitive Comparison of Headwaters's PB Ratio

For the Building Materials subindustry, Headwaters'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.


Headwaters's PB Ratio Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Headwaters's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Headwaters 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.

Headwaters's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2017)
=24.24/4.114
=5.89

* 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.


Headwaters  (NYSE:HW) 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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Headwaters (Headwaters) Business Description

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Headwaters is a manufacturer of building products for the residential construction, residential remodelling, commercial, and industrial construction industries. The range of products includes architectural stone, resin-based exterior-siding accessories, roofing, trim board, decking, railing, concrete block and brick, windows, and other building products. Headwaters sells its products to wholesale distributors in the United States or big-box stores, as well as through an in-house direct salesforce.
Executives
Donald P Newman officer: Chief Financial Officer 224 S 108TH AVENUE, OMAHA NE 68154
Sylvia Summers director 200 FLYNN ROAD, CAMARILLO CA 93012
Malyn K Malquist director 10653 S. RIVER FRONT PARKWAY, SUITE 300, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Ej Jake Garn director 10653 SOUTH RIVER FRONT PARKWAY, SUITE 300, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Scott K Sorensen officer: Chief Financial Officer 10653 S. RIVER FRONT PARKWAY, SUITE 300, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095

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