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 (2024-04-27), Sotera Health Co's share price is $11.40. Sotera Health Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.57. Hence, Sotera Health Co's PB Ratio of today is 7.27.
The historical rank and industry rank for Sotera Health Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SHC'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.8 Med: 11.08 Max: 18.15
Current: 7.26
During the past 6 years, Sotera Health Co's highest PB Ratio was 18.15. The lowest was 2.80. And the median was 11.08.
SHC's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 89.05% of 210
companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: 2.055
vs SHC: 7.26
During the past 12 months, Sotera Health Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 26.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.60% per year.
During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Sotera Health Co was 125.80% per year. The lowest was -0.60% per year. And the median was 62.60% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Sotera Health Co PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sotera Health 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.
Competitive Comparison of Sotera Health Co's PB Ratio
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Sotera Health 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.
Sotera Health Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Sotera Health Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sotera Health Co's PB Ratio falls into.
Sotera Health 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.
* 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.
Sotera Health Co PB Ratio Related Terms
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Sotera Health Co (Sotera Health Co) Business Description
Sotera Health Co provides sterilization, analytical lab testing, and advisory services to help ensure that medical, pharmaceutical and food products are safe for healthcare practitioners, patients, and consumers. The company operates in three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. Sterigenics provides outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services for medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and advanced applications; Nordion provides Co-60 and gamma irradiators, which are the key components to the gamma sterilization process; and Nelson Labs provides outsourced microbiological and analytical chemistry testing for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Its geographical segments are the United States, Canada, Europe, and other regions.
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