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New America Highome Fund (New America Highome Fund) PB Ratio : 0.86 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is New America Highome Fund 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 (2024-05-11), New America Highome Fund's share price is $7.17. New America Highome Fund's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.29. Hence, New America Highome Fund's PB Ratio of today is 0.86.

Good Sign:

New America High Income Fund Inc stock PB Ratio (=0.87) is close to 1-year low of 0.83

The historical rank and industry rank for New America Highome Fund's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HYB' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.6   Med: 0.87   Max: 1.05
Current: 0.86

During the past 7 years, New America Highome Fund's highest PB Ratio was 1.05. The lowest was 0.60. And the median was 0.87.

HYB's PB Ratio is ranked better than
69.51% of 1689 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.95 vs HYB: 0.86

During the past 12 months, New America Highome Fund's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.40% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of New America Highome Fund was 3.20% per year. The lowest was -8.90% per year. And the median was -3.35% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


New America Highome Fund PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for New America Highome Fund'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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New America Highome Fund PB Ratio Chart

New America Highome Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.91 0.89 0.95 0.87 0.85

New America Highome Fund Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.95 0.90 0.87 0.85 0.85

Competitive Comparison of New America Highome Fund's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, New America Highome Fund'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.


New America Highome Fund's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, New America Highome Fund's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where New America Highome Fund's PB Ratio falls into.



New America Highome Fund 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.

New America Highome Fund's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=7.17/8.29
=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.


New America Highome Fund  (NYSE:HYB) 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.


New America Highome Fund PB Ratio Related Terms

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New America Highome Fund (New America Highome Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
33 Broad Street, Boston, MA, USA, 02109
New America High Income Fund Inc is a diversified, closed?end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide high current income while seeking to preserve stockholder capital by investing in a diversified portfolio of high-yield fixed-income securities. The fund invests primarily in fixed-maturity corporate debt securities that are rated less than the investment grade. Its portfolio of investment consists of investments in different sectors such as energy, financial, cable operators, healthcare, and others.
Executives
Luis M Viceira director THE NEW AMERICA HIGH INCOME FUND, INC., 33 BROAD STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Marguerite A Piret director C/O NEWBURY PIRET AND CO., 200 STATE STREET 12TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109
Joseph I Bower director 32 WIGGINS AVENUE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Bernard J Korman director OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INC, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Ellen E Terry officer: Vice President and Treasurer 33 BTROAD STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Oleg M Pohotsky director C/O HAMBRECHT & QUIST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, 2 LIBERTY SQUARE, 9TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109
Stuart A Mcfarland director C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP, 1345 AVE OF THE AMERICAS 46TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10105
Bank Of America Na 10 percent owner 100 N. TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Blue Ridge Investments, L.l.c. 10 percent owner ONE BRYANT PARK, NEW YORK NY 10036
Bank Of America Corp /de/ 10 percent owner BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, 100 N TRYON ST, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 10 percent owner 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NORTH TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10080
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 10 percent owner 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CTR, NEW YORK NY 10080
Robert F Birch director, officer: President C/O HYPERION BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT, THREE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, 200 VESEY STREET, 10TH FLOOR NY 10281-1010
Ernest E Monrad director
Richard E Floor director, officer: Secretary C/O GOODWIN PROCTER LLP EXCHANGE PLACE, 26TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109

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