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AFB (Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd) PB Ratio : 0.86 (As of Jul. 18, 2025)


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What is Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd 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 (2025-07-18), Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's share price is $10.11. Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was $11.76. Hence, Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's PB Ratio of today is 0.86.

Good Sign:

Alliancebernstein National Muni Inc Fd stock PB Ratio (=0.86) is close to 2-year low of 0.79.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AFB' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 0.91   Max: 1.09
Current: 0.86

During the past 8 years, Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's highest PB Ratio was 1.09. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 0.91.

AFB's PB Ratio is ranked better than
68.34% of 1649 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.95 vs AFB: 0.86

During the past 12 months, Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.20% per year.

During the past 8 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd was 3.30% per year. The lowest was -10.10% per year. And the median was -7.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd'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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Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd PB Ratio Chart

Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.91 0.96 0.91 0.84 0.90

Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd Semi-Annual Data
Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24 Oct24 Apr25
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.87 0.84 0.86 0.90 0.88

Competitive Comparison of Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd'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.


Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's PB Ratio falls into.


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Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd 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.

Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Apr. 2025)
=10.11/11.756
=0.86

* 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.


Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd  (NYSE:AFB) 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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Alliancebernstein National Muni Fd Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
66 Hudson Boulevard East, New York, NY, USA, 10005
Alliancebernstein National Muni Inc Fd is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income tax by investing substantially all of its net assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from federal income tax.
Executives
Banc Of America Preferred Funding Corp 10 percent owner 214 NORTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Wells Fargo & Company/mn 10 percent owner 420 MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94163
Wells Fargo Municipal Capital Strategies, Llc 10 percent owner 375 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10152
Daryl Clements officer: VP & Portfolio Manager 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Andrew Potter officer: VP & Portfolio Manager 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Garry L Moody director 10951 GULF SHORE DRIVE, APT. 1201, NAPLES FL 34108
Joan M Lammtennant other: Director of Fund's Adviser 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Marshall C Turner director 220 MONTGOMERY ST, PENTHOUSE 10, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Todd Walthall other: Director of Fund's Adviser C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Onur Erzan director, officer: President & CEO C/O ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN L.P., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Jeanette W Loeb director 895 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10075
Karl Sprules other: Head GTO of Fund's Adviser C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Carol Mcmullen director 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Bertram L Scott other: Director of Fund's Adviser C/O BECTON DICKERSON & CO, 1 BECTON DR, FRANKLIN LAKES NJ 07417
Nella Domenici other: Director of Fund's Adviser C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105