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The L S Starrett Co (The L S Starrett Co) PB Ratio

: 0.92 (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 (2024-04-19), The L S Starrett Co's share price is $16.02. The L S Starrett Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.47. Hence, The L S Starrett Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.92.

The historical rank and industry rank for The L S Starrett Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SCX' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.26   Med: 0.65   Max: 1.23
Current: 0.92

During the past 13 years, The L S Starrett Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.23. The lowest was 0.26. And the median was 0.65.

SCX's PB Ratio is ranked better than
80.62% of 2926 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs SCX: 0.92

During the past 12 months, The L S Starrett Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 20.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 38.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of The L S Starrett Co was 38.30% per year. The lowest was -20.50% per year. And the median was 0.95% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


The L S Starrett Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The L S Starrett Co'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.

* Premium members only.

Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 0.55 [6] => 0.52 [7] => 0.79 [8] => 0.50 [9] => 0.60 )
The L S Starrett Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.55 0.52 0.79 0.50 0.60

The L S Starrett Co 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 0.51 0.71 0.60 0.62 0.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, The L S Starrett Co'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.


The L S Starrett Co PB Ratio Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, The L S Starrett Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The L S Starrett Co's PB Ratio falls into.



The L S Starrett Co 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.

The L S Starrett Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=16.02/17.471
=0.92

* 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.


The L S Starrett Co  (NYSE:SCX) 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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The L S Starrett Co (The L S Starrett Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
121 Crescent Street, Athol, MA, USA, 01331
The L S Starrett Co is engaged in the manufacturing of industrial, professional and consumer measuring and cutting tools and related products. Its products include precision tools, electronic gages, gage blocks, optical vision and laser measuring equipment, custom engineered granite solutions, tape measures, levels, chalk products, squares, band saw blades, hole saws, hacksaw blades, jig saw blades, and others. Its products are used in different industries such as metalworking, automotive, aviation, marine, farm, and "do-it-yourselfers" and tradesmen such as builders, carpenters, plumbers and electricians. The operating segments of the company are North American Operations is a key revenue driver; International Operations and Global Test and Measurement.
Executives
Douglas A Starrett officer: President & CEO 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
John C. Tripp officer: CFO C/O THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY, 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
David T. Allen other: Insider 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
Emerson Leme officer: VP Of Industrial Products C/O THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY, 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
Charles Alpuche director C/O INSULET CORPORATION, 600 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, SUITE 200, BILLERICA MA 01821
Christian Arntsen officer: VP of International Products C/O THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY, 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
Deborah Gordon director 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
Thomas J Riordan director C/O TEREX CORPORATION, 200 NYALA FARM ROAD, WESTPORT CT 06880
Scott William Sproule director C/O SPX CORPORATION, 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Terry A Piper director 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOLL MA 01331
Chris Gahagan director AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC., 75 NETWORK DRIVE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Russell D. Carreker director 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
David A Lemoine director C/O THE L S STARRETT COMPANY, 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
Richard Kennedy director 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331
Francis J O'brien officer: Treasurer & CFO C/O THE L. S. STARRETT COMPANY, 121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL MA 01331