Bloomsbury Publishing (LSE:BMY) PB Ratio

: 2.45 (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 (2024-04-19), Bloomsbury Publishing's share price is £5.48. Bloomsbury Publishing's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was £2.24. Hence, Bloomsbury Publishing's PB Ratio of today is 2.45.

Warning Sign:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC stock PB Ratio (=2.47) is close to 10-year high of 2.47

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

LSE:BMY' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73 Med: 1.12 Max: 2.48
Current: 2.48

During the past 13 years, Bloomsbury Publishing's highest PB Ratio was 2.48. The lowest was 0.73. And the median was 1.12.

LSE:BMY's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
71.02% of 949 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.45 vs LSE:BMY: 2.48

During the past 12 months, Bloomsbury Publishing's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Bloomsbury Publishing was 131.00% per year. The lowest was -12.00% per year. And the median was 8.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Bloomsbury Publishing PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bloomsbury Publishing'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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Bloomsbury Publishing Annual Data

Trend

Feb14

Feb15

Feb16

Feb17

Feb18

Feb19

Feb20

Feb21

Feb22

Feb23

PB Ratio

1.22

1.23

1.30

1.97

1.81

Bloomsbury Publishing Semi-Annual Data
	Feb14	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
PB Ratio																1.78	1.97	1.88	1.81	1.86

Competitive Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, Bloomsbury Publishing'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.

Bloomsbury Publishing PB Ratio Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Bloomsbury Publishing's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

Bloomsbury Publishing 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.

Bloomsbury Publishing's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Aug. 2023)
	=	5.48	/	2.239
	=	2.45

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Bloomsbury Publishing (LSE:BMY) 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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Bloomsbury Publishing (LSE:BMY) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

BMYl:UK BMY.GB:UK 5JZ:Germany

Address

50 Bedford Square, London, GBR, WC1B 3DP

Website

https://www.bloomsbury.com

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC is a publisher of books and other media for general readers, children, students, researchers, and professionals. It offers authors access to these multiple markets in multiple formats throughout the world in print, through e-books, digital downloads, and apps in schools, libraries, universities, and in terrestrial and internet bookshops. The company divisions are Consumer and Non-Consumer. Consumer division is split out into Children's Trade and Adult Trade; and Non-Consumer split between Academic and Professional, Education, Special Interest, and Content Services. It derives maximum revenue from the Consumer division segment. The company operates in the UK, North America, and other countries.