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), Verso's share price is $26.99. Verso's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was $23.98. Hence, Verso's PB Ratio of today is 1.13.
Good Sign:
Verso Corp stock PB Ratio (=0.79) is close to 1-year low of 0.79
The historical rank and industry rank for Verso's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
VRS'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58 Med: 0.83 Max: 1.37
Current: 0.79
During the past 13 years, Verso's highest PB Ratio was 1.37. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 0.83.
VRS's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Forest Products industry.
Industry Median: 0.925
vs VRS: 0.79
During the past 12 months, Verso's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Verso was 55.20% per year. The lowest was -292.30% per year. And the median was -24.40% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Verso PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Verso'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.
For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Verso'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.
Verso's PB Ratio Distribution in the Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Verso's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Verso's PB Ratio falls into.
Verso 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.
Verso'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.
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.
Verso PB Ratio Related Terms
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Verso Corp is a North American producer of printing papers, specialty papers, and pulp. The company produces a wide range of paper products, including coated freesheet, coated groundwood, coated digital, inkjet, supercalendered, and uncoated freesheet. These paper products are used primarily in media and marketing applications, such as catalogs, magazines, advertising brochures, and annual reports. The company also sells kraft pulp, which is used to manufacture tissue products and printing and writing grade paper; however, the group derives the majority of its revenue from its paper products.
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