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), Howden Joinery Group's share price is £8.70. Howden Joinery Group's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1.78. Hence, Howden Joinery Group's PB Ratio of today is 4.88.
The historical rank and industry rank for Howden Joinery Group's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
LSE:HWDN'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.9 Med: 6.52 Max: 18.98
Current: 4.79
During the past 13 years, Howden Joinery Group's highest PB Ratio was 18.98. The lowest was 2.90. And the median was 6.52.
LSE:HWDN's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 87.71% of 415
companies
in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry
Industry Median: 1.6
vs LSE:HWDN: 4.79
During the past 12 months, Howden Joinery Group's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% 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 14.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Howden Joinery Group was 124.40% per year. The lowest was -54.10% per year. And the median was 15.40% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Howden Joinery Group PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Howden Joinery Group'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 Howden Joinery Group's PB Ratio
For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Howden Joinery Group'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.
Howden Joinery Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry
For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Howden Joinery Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Howden Joinery Group's PB Ratio falls into.
Howden Joinery Group 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.
Howden Joinery Group'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.
Howden Joinery Group (LSE:HWDN) PB Ratio Explanation
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.
Howden Joinery Group PB Ratio Related Terms
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Howden Joinery Group (LSE:HWDN) Business Description
Howden Joinery Group PLC is a U.K.-based company that manufactures, sources, and sells kitchen and joinery products. The Group's operations are mainly located in the United Kingdom with a small presence in France, Belgium, and the Republic of Ireland. It generates the majority of its revenue from the U.K. The firm caters to small, local homebuilders. The company's products are divided among its kitchen collection, which includes kitchen accessories and cabinets; the appliance collection, which includes ovens, refrigeration, dishwashers, and laundry; the doors and joinery collection, which includes internal, external, and sliding doors and frames; the hardware collection, which includes door handles and accessories; the flooring collection; and the bathroom cabinet collection.
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