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Surface Metals (XCNQ:SUR) PB Ratio : 0.32 (As of Jul. 18, 2025)


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What is Surface Metals 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 (2025-07-18), Surface Metals's share price is C$0.155. Surface Metals's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$0.49. Hence, Surface Metals's PB Ratio of today is 0.32.

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

XCNQ:SUR' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 0.32
Current: 0.32

During the past 7 years, Surface Metals's highest PB Ratio was 0.32. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

XCNQ:SUR's PB Ratio is ranked better than
93.89% of 2292 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs XCNQ:SUR: 0.32

During the past 12 months, Surface Metals's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.80% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Surface Metals was 16.80% per year. The lowest was 16.80% per year. And the median was 16.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Surface Metals PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Surface Metals'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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Surface Metals PB Ratio Chart

Surface Metals Annual Data
Trend Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 2.99 0.79 0.21

Surface Metals 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 0.38 0.27 0.21 0.24 0.18

Competitive Comparison of Surface Metals's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Surface Metals'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.


Surface Metals's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Surface Metals's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Surface Metals 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.

Surface Metals's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2025)
=0.155/0.491
=0.32

* 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.


Surface Metals  (XCNQ:SUR) 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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Surface Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
318 - 1199 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 2R1
Surface Metals Inc formerly ACME Lithium Inc is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of natural resource properties located in the State of Nevada, USA, and Manitoba, Canada. The company's projects include Clayton valley, Fish lake valley, Shatford lake, Cat-Euclid lake, Birse lake, and Bailey lake.
Executives
Vivian Andrea Katsuris Director
Stephen Hanson Director

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