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D2L (TSX:DTOL) PB Ratio : 5.83 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is D2L 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 (2024-04-25), D2L's share price is C$8.25. D2L's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$1.41. Hence, D2L's PB Ratio of today is 5.83.

The historical rank and industry rank for D2L's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:DTOL' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.54   Med: 5.63   Max: 9.04
Current: 6.32

During the past 6 years, D2L's highest PB Ratio was 9.04. The lowest was 3.54. And the median was 5.63.

TSX:DTOL's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
79.25% of 2578 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.615 vs TSX:DTOL: 6.32

During the past 12 months, D2L's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


D2L PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for D2L'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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D2L PB Ratio Chart

D2L Annual Data
Trend Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 9.29 6.47 7.07

D2L Quarterly Data
Jan19 Jan20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 6.47 5.24 5.97 4.63 7.07

Competitive Comparison of D2L's PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, D2L'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.


D2L's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, D2L's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where D2L's PB Ratio falls into.



D2L 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.

D2L's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jan. 2024)
=8.25/1.414
=5.83

* 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.


D2L  (TSX:DTOL) 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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D2L (TSX:DTOL) Business Description

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Address
137 Glasgow Street, Suite 560, Kitchener, ON, CAN, N2G 4X8
D2L Inc is a learning innovation company. It provides cloud-based learning software for higher education institutions, kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12) schools and districts, and private sector enterprises. The company serves K-12, higher education, associations, and the corporate sector. Its product includes D2L Brightspace and D2L Wave.

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