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 (2024-04-24), KVH Industries's share price is $4.81. KVH Industries's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.52. Hence, KVH Industries's PB Ratio of today is 0.64.
The historical rank and industry rank for KVH Industries's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
KVHI'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56 Med: 1.48 Max: 2.34
Current: 0.64
During the past 13 years, KVH Industries's highest PB Ratio was 2.34. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 1.48.
KVHI's PB Ratio is ranked better than 87.92% of 2392
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.81
vs KVHI: 0.64
During the past 12 months, KVH Industries's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of KVH Industries was 63.30% per year. The lowest was -9.40% per year. And the median was 4.65% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
KVH Industries PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for KVH 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.
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, KVH 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.
KVH Industries PB Ratio Distribution
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, KVH Industries's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where KVH Industries's PB Ratio falls into.
KVH 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.
KVH Industries'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.
KVH Industries PB Ratio Related Terms
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KVH Industries (KVH Industries) Business Description
KVH Industries Inc is a manufacturer of solutions that provide high-speed Internet, television, and voice services through satellite to mobile users at sea and on land. The company also provides commercially licensed entertainment, including news, sports, music, and movies, to commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets. The Company operates in a number of geographic areas, including internationally. The Revenues are generated from international locations, mainly consisting of Singapore, Canada, European Union countries and other European countries, countries in Africa, Asia/Pacific and the Middle East, and India.
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