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 (2024-04-19), BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's share price is $20.78. BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $22.53. Hence, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's PB Ratio of today is 0.92.
Good Sign:
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust stock PB Ratio (=0.92) is close to 1-year low of 0.84
The historical rank and industry rank for BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
BUI'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.7 Med: 0.99 Max: 1.3
Current: 0.92
During the past 7 years, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's highest PB Ratio was 1.30. The lowest was 0.70. And the median was 0.99.
BUI's PB Ratio is ranked better than 52.3% of 1692
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.92
vs BUI: 0.92
During the past 12 months, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.00% per year.
During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust was 11.30% per year. The lowest was -1.80% per year. And the median was 2.30% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust'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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BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust Annual Data
Trend
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
PB Ratio
1.01
1.05
1.03
0.93
0.97
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust Semi-Annual Data
Dec17
Jun18
Dec18
Jun19
Dec19
Jun20
Dec20
Jun21
Dec21
Jun22
Dec22
Jun23
Dec23
PB Ratio
1.03
1.01
0.93
0.96
0.97
Competitive Comparison
For the Asset Management subindustry, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust'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.
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust PB Ratio Distribution
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust's PB Ratio falls into.
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust 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.
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust'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.
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust (NYSE:BUI) PB Ratio Explanation
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.
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust PB Ratio Related Terms
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BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust Business Description
BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities issued by companies that are engaged in the Utilities, Infrastructure and Power Opportunities business segments anywhere in the world and by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call and put options.
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