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 (2022-08-19), Alphabet(Google)'s share price is $120.86. Alphabet(Google)'s Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $19.53. Hence, Alphabet(Google)'s PB Ratio of today is 6.19.
The historical rank and industry rank for Alphabet(Google)'s PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
GOOG'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.85 Med: 4.26 Max: 8.1
Current: 6.15
During the past 13 years, Alphabet(Google)'s highest PB Ratio was 8.10. The lowest was 2.85. And the median was 4.26.
GOOG's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 82.98% of 570
companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 2.39
vs GOOG: 6.15
During the past 12 months, Alphabet(Google)'s average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Alphabet(Google) was 216.60% per year. The lowest was 12.90% per year. And the median was 23.05% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Alphabet(Google) PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Alphabet(Google)'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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Alphabet(Google) Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
PB Ratio
4.77
4.06
4.57
5.32
7.61
Alphabet(Google) Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
PB Ratio
7.04
7.24
7.61
7.24
5.60
Competitive Comparison
For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Alphabet(Google)'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.
Alphabet(Google) PB Ratio Distribution
For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Alphabet(Google)'s PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Alphabet(Google)'s PB Ratio falls into.
Alphabet(Google) 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.
Alphabet(Google)'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.
Alphabet(Google) PB Ratio Related Terms
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Alphabet Inc is a holding company, with Google, the Internet media giant, as a wholly owned subsidiary. Google generates 99% of Alphabet revenue, of which more than 85% is from online ads. Google's other revenue is from sales of apps and content on Google Play and YouTube, as well as cloud service fees and other licensing revenue. Sales of hardware such as Chromebooks, the Pixel smartphone, and smart homes products, which include Nest and Google Home, also contribute to other revenue. Alphabet's moonshot investments are in its other bets segment, where it bets on technology to enhance health (Verily), faster Internet access to homes (Google Fiber), self-driving cars (Waymo), and more. Alphabet's operating margin has been 25%-30%, with Google at 30% and other bets operating at a loss.
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