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 (2022-08-17), Patterson's share price is $30.02. Patterson's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was $10.77. Hence, Patterson's PB Ratio of today is 2.79.
Good Sign:
Patterson Companies Inc stock PB Ratio (=2.81) is close to 2-year low of 2.59
The historical rank and industry rank for Patterson's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
PDCO'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.04 Med: 2.86 Max: 3.68
Current: 2.81
During the past 13 years, Patterson's highest PB Ratio was 3.68. The lowest was 1.04. And the median was 2.86.
PDCO's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 75.32% of 77
companies
in the Medical Distribution industry
Industry Median: 1.34
vs PDCO: 2.81
During the past 12 months, Patterson's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -11.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -9.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Patterson was 203.40% per year. The lowest was -15.60% per year. And the median was 16.20% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Patterson PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Patterson'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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Patterson Annual Data
Trend
Apr13
Apr14
Apr15
Apr16
Apr17
Apr18
Apr19
Apr20
Apr21
Apr22
PB Ratio
1.51
1.41
2.10
3.23
2.86
Patterson Quarterly Data
Jul17
Oct17
Jan18
Apr18
Jul18
Oct18
Jan19
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
PB Ratio
3.23
3.09
3.01
2.68
2.86
Competitive Comparison
For the Medical Distribution subindustry, Patterson'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.
Patterson PB Ratio Distribution
For the Medical Distribution industry and Healthcare sector, Patterson's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Patterson's PB Ratio falls into.
Patterson 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.
Patterson'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.
Patterson PB Ratio Related Terms
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Patterson is a leading dental distributor and wholesaler of consumable products and equipment operating through two business segments, Patterson Dental and Patterson Animal Health. The firm offers dental and veterinary practice management products, including office software products, technical, financial, and educational services, primarily to two highly fragmented market segments throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company began as a dental distributor in 1877 and expanded to become a major supplier of animal health products to vets and production companies through an acquisition of Animal Health International in 2015. Patterson also has a presence in the U.K. animal health market.
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