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), Koppers Holdings's share price is $53.54. Koppers Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $23.92. Hence, Koppers Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 2.24.
The historical rank and industry rank for Koppers Holdings's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
KOP'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.11 Med: 5.02 Max: 200.06
Current: 2.24
During the past 13 years, Koppers Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 200.06. The lowest was 1.11. And the median was 5.02.
KOP's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 64.71% of 1533
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.59
vs KOP: 2.24
During the past 12 months, Koppers Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 24.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 49.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Koppers Holdings was 91.70% per year. The lowest was -456.30% per year. And the median was 39.50% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Koppers Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Koppers Holdings'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.
Competitive Comparison of Koppers Holdings's PB Ratio
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Koppers Holdings'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.
Koppers Holdings's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Koppers Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Koppers Holdings's PB Ratio falls into.
Koppers Holdings 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.
* 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.
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.
Koppers Holdings PB Ratio Related Terms
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Koppers Holdings (Koppers Holdings) Business Description
Koppers Holdings, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds used in markets such as railroad, aluminum and steel, agriculture, utilities, and residential lumber. The company is organized into three business segments: railroad and utility products and services, performance chemicals, and carbon materials and chemicals. Its product portfolio includes treated and untreated wood products like crossties used in railroads, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds such as creosote used in the treatment of wood crossties, among others. Most revenue comes from the company's railroad and utility products and services segment, and more than half of the company's revenue is earned in the United States.
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