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Power of Canada (Power of Canada) PB Ratio

: 1.92 (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 (2024-04-18), Power of Canada's share price is $26.17. Power of Canada's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.61. Hence, Power of Canada's PB Ratio of today is 1.92.

Good Sign:

Power Corporation of Canada stock PB Ratio (=1.98) is close to 1-year low of 1.79

The historical rank and industry rank for Power of Canada's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PWCDF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 1.4   Max: 2.51
Current: 1.98

During the past 13 years, Power of Canada's highest PB Ratio was 2.51. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 1.40.

PWCDF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
74.49% of 486 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.195 vs PWCDF: 1.98

During the past 12 months, Power of Canada's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -10.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Power of Canada was 18.80% per year. The lowest was -16.30% per year. And the median was 8.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Power of Canada PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Power of Canada'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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Power of Canada 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 1.16 1.71 2.48 1.86 2.10

Power of Canada 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 1.86 1.99 2.08 1.90 2.10

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Power of Canada'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.


Power of Canada PB Ratio Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Power of Canada's PB Ratio falls into.



Power of Canada 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.

Power of Canada's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=26.17/13.609
=1.92

* 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.


Power of Canada  (OTCPK:PWCDF) 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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Power of Canada (Power of Canada) Business Description

Address
751 Victoria Square, Montreal, QC, CAN, H2Y 2J3
Power Corporation of Canada is a holding company with controlling interests in Great-West Life (an insurance conglomerate), IGM Financial (Canada's largest nonbank asset manager), and other alternative asset-management platforms (Sagard and Power Sustainable). The company also has minority interests in Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (a holding company with interests in European companies) and ChinaAMC (an asset manager in China).