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American Railcar Industries (American Railcar Industries) PB Ratio : 1.98 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is American Railcar Industries 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 (2024-04-26), American Railcar Industries's share price is $69.97. American Railcar Industries's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $35.43. Hence, American Railcar Industries's PB Ratio of today is 1.98.

The historical rank and industry rank for American Railcar Industries's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ARII's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 1.31
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


American Railcar Industries PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Railcar Industries'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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American Railcar Industries PB Ratio Chart

American Railcar Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.25 2.22 1.71 1.57 1.20

American Railcar Industries Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.34 1.20 1.07 1.12 1.30

Competitive Comparison of American Railcar Industries's PB Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, American Railcar Industries'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.


American Railcar Industries's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, American Railcar Industries's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Railcar Industries's PB Ratio falls into.



American Railcar Industries 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.

American Railcar Industries's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2018)
=69.97/35.427
=1.98

* 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.


American Railcar Industries  (NAS:ARII) 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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American Railcar Industries (American Railcar Industries) Business Description

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American Railcar Industries Inc designs, manufactures and sells special, customized and general-purpose railcars and components for the North American railcar and industrial markets. Its segments are manufacturing, railcar leasing and railcar services.
Executives
Carl C Icahn 10 percent owner C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Harold First director 13 55 WILKINS CT, FAIRLAWN NJ 07410
Icahn Enterprises G.p. Inc. 10 percent owner 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Beckton Corp 10 percent owner 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.p. 10 percent owner 16690 COLLINS AVE,, PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Patricia A. Agnello director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Jonathan Frates director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Mather Courtney director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Andrew Roberto director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 767 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 4700, NEW YORK NY 10153
Daniel A Ninivaggi director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 767 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 4600, NEW YORK NY 10153
Samuel J. Merksamer director C/O ICAHN CAPITAL LP, 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 47TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10153
Sunghwan Cho director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Vincent J Intrieri director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Stephen A Mongillo director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Hunter Clark Gary director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160