Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) PB Ratio

: 0.85 (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), Cathay Pacific Airways's share price is $1.0108. Cathay Pacific Airways's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.19. Hence, Cathay Pacific Airways's PB Ratio of today is 0.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cathay Pacific Airways's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CPCAF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38 Med: 0.82 Max: 1.54
Current: 0.86

During the past 13 years, Cathay Pacific Airways's highest PB Ratio was 1.54. The lowest was 0.38. And the median was 0.82.

CPCAF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
67.38% of 932 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.31 vs CPCAF: 0.86

During the past 12 months, Cathay Pacific Airways's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Cathay Pacific Airways was 14.20% per year. The lowest was -10.70% per year. And the median was 2.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Cathay Pacific Airways PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cathay Pacific Airways'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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Cathay Pacific Airways Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

PB Ratio

0.73

0.61

0.57

0.88

0.85

Cathay Pacific Airways Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
PB Ratio																0.57	1.08	0.88	1.14	0.85

Competitive Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, Cathay Pacific Airways'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.

Cathay Pacific Airways PB Ratio Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Cathay Pacific Airways's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Pacific Airways's PB Ratio falls into.

Cathay Pacific Airways 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.

Cathay Pacific Airways's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	1.0108	/	1.194
	=	0.85

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Cathay Pacific Airways (OTCPK:CPCAF) 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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Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) Business Description

Industry

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CPCAY:USA 00293:Hong Kong CTY:Germany

Address

88 Queensway, 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.cathaypacific.com

Cathay Pacific Airways is the largest airline group in Hong Kong. It operated a fleet of 222 aircraft as of December 2022 and carried more than 35 million passengers in 2019. Its route network extends to 119 destinations in 35 countries. The group operates the full-service airline Cathay Pacific and the low-cost carrier HK Express. It also runs the cargo carrier Air Hong Kong.

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