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Stewart Information Services (Stewart Information Services) PB Ratio

: 1.21 (As of Today)
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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), Stewart Information Services's share price is $60.52. Stewart Information Services's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $50.11. Hence, Stewart Information Services's PB Ratio of today is 1.21.

The historical rank and industry rank for Stewart Information Services's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

STC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 1.31   Max: 1.75
Current: 1.21

During the past 13 years, Stewart Information Services's highest PB Ratio was 1.75. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 1.31.

STC's PB Ratio is ranked better than
51.24% of 484 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs STC: 1.21

During the past 12 months, Stewart Information Services's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Stewart Information Services was 20.40% per year. The lowest was -17.60% per year. And the median was 6.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Stewart Information Services PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stewart Information Services'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.

* Premium members only.

Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 1.29 [6] => 1.29 [7] => 1.67 [8] => 0.85 [9] => 1.17 )
Stewart Information Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.29 1.29 1.67 0.85 1.17

Stewart Information Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 0.81 0.83 0.89 1.17

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Stewart Information Services'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.


Stewart Information Services PB Ratio Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Stewart Information Services's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stewart Information Services's PB Ratio falls into.



Stewart Information Services 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.

Stewart Information Services's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=60.52/50.106
=1.21

* 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.


Stewart Information Services  (NYSE:STC) 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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Stewart Information Services (Stewart Information Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, TX, USA, 77056
Stewart Information Services Corp is a customer-focused, title insurance and real estate services company offering products and services to home buyers and sellers, mortgage lenders and servicers, attorneys, and home builders. It has three operating segments; Title insurance and related services include the functions of searching, examining, closing, and insuring the condition of the title to real property. It also includes home and personal insurance services, Real estate solutions segment supports the real estate mortgage industry by providing appraisal management services, online notarization and closing solutions, credit, and real estate information services, search and valuation services, and Corporate and Other segment is comprised of the parent holding company.
Executives
Helen Vaid director 600 WEST CHICAGO AVE., STE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654
Frederick H Eppinger director THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN ST, WORCESTER MA 01653
Bradley C Allen Jr director AMERISAFE INC, 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Elizabeth Giddens officer: Chief Legal Officer; Secretary 10000 WEHRLE DRIVE, CLARENCE NY 14031
Hamm John Earl Jr. officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77056
Steven Mark Lessack officer: Group President 1980 POST OAK BLVD., #800, HOUSTON TX 77056
Matthew Morris director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1905 SHARP PL, HOUSTON TX 77019
Corey William S. Jr. director C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100 MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Deborah Jane Matz director C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100 MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Emily Kain officer: Chief Human Resource Officer C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100, MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Glenn C Christenson director 2411 W SAHARA AVENUE, LAS VEGAS NV 89102
James M Chadwick director C/O IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, INC., 701 PARK OF COMMERCE BLVD., #301, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Tara Smith officer: Group President STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1980 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 710, HOUSTON TX 77056
Clifford Press director 152 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert Clarke director 711 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 2900, HOUSTON TX 77002-2781