La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co (La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co) PB Ratio : (As of May. 05, 2024)

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What is La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co 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 (2024-05-05), La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's share price is $6.22. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $-2.94. Hence, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's highest PB Ratio was 30.26. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 5.47.

LJPC's PB Ratio is not ranked ^*
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 2.5
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co was 10.30% per year. The lowest was -44.30% per year. And the median was -17.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co'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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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co PB Ratio Chart

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co Annual Data

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Competitive Comparison of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's PB Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co'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.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's PB Ratio falls into.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co 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.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2022)
	=	6.22	/	-2.941
	=

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

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(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co (NAS:LJPC) 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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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co (La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co) Business Description

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Address

201 Jones Road, Suite 400, Waltham, MA, USA, 02451

Website

http://www.ljpc.com

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co is a biopharmaceutical company. The company's main activity is the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies that improve patients' life-threatening conditions. The company's portfolio consists of an angiotensin II formulation, which regulates blood pressure; a formulation of hepcidin, an endogenous peptide hormone that regulates iron metabolism; and an antibiotic approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Executives

Larry G. Edwards	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O TETRAPHASE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 480 ARSENAL STREET, SUITE 110, WATERTOWN MA 02472
David A Ramsay	director	HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC., 11588 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, #17, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Craig A Johnson	director	C/O PURE BIOSCIENCE, 1725 GILLESPIE WAY, EL CAJON CA 92020
Michael S Hearne	officer: Chief Financial Officer	4747 EXECUTIVE DRIVE SUITE 210 SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Robert Rosen	director	C/O HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC, 4242 CAMPUS POINT COURT, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Kevin C Tang	director, 10 percent owner	4747 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 210, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Laura L. Johnson	director	C/O LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE, SUITE 1070, SAN DIEGO CA 92122
Darryl Wellinghoff	officer: Chief Commercial Officer	4550 TOWNE CENTRE COURT SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Lakhmir S Chawla	officer: Chief Medical Officer	1960 KIRBY ROAD, MCLEAN VA 22101
Jennifer Carver	officer: Sr. Vice President, Operations	725 NEWPORT STREET, DENVER CO 80220
James Rolke	officer: Chief Scientific Officer	10182 TELESIS COURT, 6TH FLOOR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund Ltd	10 percent owner	C/O PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC, 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
Joseph Edelman	10 percent owner	C/O PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC, 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
Perceptive Advisors Llc	10 percent owner	51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
George F Tidmarsh	director, officer: President, CEO & Secretary