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 (2024-04-29), Live Ventures's share price is $25.87. Live Ventures's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $31.46. Hence, Live Ventures's PB Ratio of today is 0.82.
Good Sign:
Live Ventures Inc stock PB Ratio (=0.82) is close to 2-year low of 0.75
The historical rank and industry rank for Live Ventures's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
LIVE'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18 Med: 0.86 Max: 39.67
Current: 0.82
During the past 13 years, Live Ventures's highest PB Ratio was 39.67. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.86.
LIVE's PB Ratio is ranked better than 72.57% of 1061
companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.49
vs LIVE: 0.82
During the past 12 months, Live Ventures's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 35.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Live Ventures was 107.30% per year. The lowest was -72.90% per year. And the median was 17.90% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Live Ventures PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Live Ventures'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 Live Ventures's PB Ratio
For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Live Ventures'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.
Live Ventures's PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Live Ventures's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Live Ventures's PB Ratio falls into.
Live Ventures 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.
Live Ventures's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
Live Ventures PB Ratio Related Terms
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Live Ventures (Live Ventures) Business Description
Live Ventures Inc is a holding company for diversified businesses. It is focused on acquiring and operating profitable companies in various industries. The company operates in the business segments of Retail, which includes direct sales of entertainment and appliance products and services, Flooring Manufacturing, Steel Manufacturing, which includes the sale of steel plates, ground flat stock, and drill rods, and Corporate and Other. It derives key revenue from the Flooring Manufacturing segment which includes the manufacturing of carpets and rugs, yarn products, as well as a reseller of hard surface flooring products. Geographically the activities are carried out throughout the United States.
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