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Cathay Financial Holding Co (TPE:2882) PB Ratio : 1.06 (As of Jul. 23, 2025)


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What is Cathay Financial Holding Co PB Ratio?

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 (2025-07-23), Cathay Financial Holding Co's share price is NT$61.70. Cathay Financial Holding Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$58.00. Hence, Cathay Financial Holding Co's PB Ratio of today is 1.06.

Warning Sign:

Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=1.08) is close to 2-year high of 1.19.

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

TPE:2882' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.6   Med: 1.02   Max: 2.07
Current: 1.06

During the past 13 years, Cathay Financial Holding Co's highest PB Ratio was 2.07. The lowest was 0.60. And the median was 1.02.

TPE:2882's PB Ratio is ranked better than
65.07% of 501 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.3 vs TPE:2882: 1.06

During the past 12 months, Cathay Financial Holding Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Cathay Financial Holding Co was 25.20% per year. The lowest was -11.10% per year. And the median was 9.55% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Cathay Financial Holding Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cathay Financial Holding 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.

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Cathay Financial Holding Co PB Ratio Chart

Cathay Financial Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.93 1.01 0.87 1.15

Cathay Financial Holding Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.84 1.01 1.07 1.15 1.06

Competitive Comparison of Cathay Financial Holding Co's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Cathay Financial Holding 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.


Cathay Financial Holding Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Cathay Financial Holding Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Financial Holding Co's PB Ratio falls into.


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Cathay Financial Holding 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.

Cathay Financial Holding Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2025)
=61.70/57.998
=1.06

* 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.


Cathay Financial Holding Co  (TPE:2882) 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 Financial Holding Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 296, Jen Ai Road, Section 4, Taipei, TWN, 10633
Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd is a financial holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it offers a broad range of life insurance, banking, and property and casualty insurance products to individual and corporate customers in Taiwan. The group has five reportable operating segments: Banking operating segment, Life insurance operating segment, Property insurance operating segment, Securities operating segment, and Other operating segment. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Life insurance segment, which is engaged in offering traditional insurance, investment-linked insurance, and interest-sensitive annuity insurance. In addition, this segment also provides financial planning services and policy loan services. Geographically, it derives key revenue from Taiwan.

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