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Syngenta AG (Syngenta AG) PB Ratio : 10.26 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Syngenta AG 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 (2024-04-26), Syngenta AG's share price is $92.90. Syngenta AG's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $9.06. Hence, Syngenta AG's PB Ratio of today is 10.26.

The historical rank and industry rank for Syngenta AG's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SYT's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 1.495
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

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Syngenta AG PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Syngenta AG'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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Syngenta AG PB Ratio Chart

Syngenta AG Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.31 4.36 4.59 - -

Syngenta AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.59 4.85 - - -

Competitive Comparison of Syngenta AG's PB Ratio

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Syngenta AG'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.


Syngenta AG's PB Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Syngenta AG's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Syngenta AG's PB Ratio falls into.



Syngenta AG 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.

Syngenta AG's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2018)
=92.90/9.057
=10.26

* 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.


Syngenta AG  (NYSE:SYT) 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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Syngenta AG (Syngenta AG) Business Description

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Address
Schwarzwaldalle 215, Basel, CHE, 4058
Formed in 2000 from spin-offs of Novartis' crop-protection and seeds business and AstraZeneca's agrochemical business, Syngenta is a global producer of crop chemicals and seeds. The Swiss company is a leading manufacturer of crop-protection products, making multiple herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides used on a wide variety of crops. Syngenta's seeds business trails rivals, but the company is investing heavily in research and development in an effort to close the technology gap in genetically modified seeds.