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MDM Engineering Group (LSE:MDM) PB Ratio : 3.92 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is MDM Engineering Group 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 (2024-04-29), MDM Engineering Group's share price is £1.69. MDM Engineering Group's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was £0.43. Hence, MDM Engineering Group's PB Ratio of today is 3.92.

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

LSE:MDM' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.35   Med: 3.7   Max: 6.1
Current: 3.93

During the past 7 years, MDM Engineering Group's highest PB Ratio was 6.10. The lowest was 2.35. And the median was 3.70.

LSE:MDM's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.78 vs LSE:MDM: 3.93

During the past 12 months, MDM Engineering Group's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -12.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.70% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of MDM Engineering Group was 62.40% per year. The lowest was 6.30% per year. And the median was 13.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


MDM Engineering Group PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for MDM Engineering 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.

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MDM Engineering Group PB Ratio Chart

MDM Engineering Group Annual Data
Trend Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.48 3.51 3.30 3.53 3.78

MDM Engineering Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14
PB Ratio 3.30 3.47 3.53 3.78 3.78

Competitive Comparison of MDM Engineering Group's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, MDM Engineering 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.


MDM Engineering Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, MDM Engineering Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MDM Engineering Group's PB Ratio falls into.



MDM Engineering 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.

MDM Engineering Group's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2014)
=1.69/0.431
=3.92

* 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.


MDM Engineering Group  (LSE:MDM) 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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MDM Engineering Group (LSE:MDM) Business Description

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MDM Engineering Group Ltd is engaged in the mineral process engineering and project management. The company has operations in the South Africa.

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