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 (2024-04-28), OM Group's share price is $33.94. OM Group's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $26.70. Hence, OM Group's PB Ratio of today is 1.27.
The historical rank and industry rank for OM Group's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
OMG's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 1.58 * Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
OM Group PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for OM Group'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 Specialty Chemicals subindustry, OM Group'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.
OM Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, OM Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where OM Group's PB Ratio falls into.
OM Group 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.
OM Group'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.
OM Group PB Ratio Related Terms
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OM Group Inc is a Delaware corporation and was formed in 1991. The Company is a diversified industrial growth company serving attractive markets, including automotive systems, electronic devices, aerospace, general industrial and renewable energy. It uses technologies to address customers' complex applications and demanding requirements. The Company operated in three business platforms namely; Magnetic Technologies segment, Battery Technologies segment, Specialty Chemicals segment. The Magnetic Technologies segment develops, manufactures and distributes high-performance, industrial-use magnetic materials and related products with differentiated magnetic and/or other performance properties. The products include automotive systems, electrical installation technology, industrial, retail and renewable energy. The Battery Technologies segment provides advanced batteries, battery management systems, and energetic devices for defense, space and medical markets. It sells these products directly to customers who incorporate them into sub-assemblies. The business is also developing and commercializing products, technologies and applications for emerging markets, including commercial aerospace, alternative energy storage and oil & gas. The Specialty Chemicals segment develops, produces and supplies chemicals for electronic applications, industrial applications including coatings, composites and tire, and photomasks used by customers to produce semiconductors and related products. The primary raw materials used by Magnetic Technologies are nickel, cobalt and certain rare earth materials, primarily alloys containing dysprosium and neodymium. The Company has operations in North America, Europe and Asia, with the majority of its operations located outside of the United States. The Company is subject to a variety of environmental and pollution control laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which it operates.
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