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), Sanderson Farms's share price is $204.00. Sanderson Farms's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was $105.65. Hence, Sanderson Farms's PB Ratio of today is 1.93.
Good Sign:
Sanderson Farms Inc stock PB Ratio (=1.93) is close to 2-year low of 1.78
The historical rank and industry rank for Sanderson Farms's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SAFM'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.47 Med: 2.07 Max: 2.98
Current: 1.93
During the past 13 years, Sanderson Farms's highest PB Ratio was 2.98. The lowest was 1.47. And the median was 2.07.
SAFM's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 60.15% of 1734
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.51
vs SAFM: 1.93
During the past 12 months, Sanderson Farms's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 56.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Sanderson Farms was 29.30% per year. The lowest was -0.10% per year. And the median was 9.10% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Sanderson Farms PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sanderson Farms'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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Sanderson Farms Annual Data
Trend
Oct12
Oct13
Oct14
Oct15
Oct16
Oct17
Oct18
Oct19
Oct20
Oct21
PB Ratio
2.38
1.57
2.42
2.01
2.29
Sanderson Farms Quarterly Data
Jul17
Oct17
Jan18
Apr18
Jul18
Oct18
Jan19
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
PB Ratio
2.43
2.50
2.29
2.01
1.79
Competitive Comparison
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Sanderson Farms'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.
Sanderson Farms PB Ratio Distribution
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sanderson Farms's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sanderson Farms's PB Ratio falls into.
Sanderson Farms 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.
Sanderson Farms'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.
Sanderson Farms PB Ratio Related Terms
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Sanderson Farms Inc is a dressed-chicken processor in the United States, producing and selling a variety of fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products to grocers, food-service operators, and distributors. Most revenue is generated in the Southeastern, Southwestern, Northeastern, and Western United States. The company's product portfolio consists of tray packs and large birds, catering to grocery and food-service customers. It sells chill-packed, ice-packed, bulk-packed, and frozen chicken in whole, cut-up, and boneless form under the brand name Sanderson Farms to retailers, distributors, and casual dining operators in the United States.
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