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Xlife Sciences AG (Xlife Sciences AG) PB Ratio : 0.42 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Xlife Sciences AG 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 (2024-04-27), Xlife Sciences AG's share price is $34.8138. Xlife Sciences AG's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $82.44. Hence, Xlife Sciences AG's PB Ratio of today is 0.42.

Good Sign:

Xlife Sciences AG stock PB Ratio (=0.72) is close to 1-year low of 0.71

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

XLSCF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.57   Med: 0.85   Max: 1.25
Current: 0.72

During the past 6 years, Xlife Sciences AG's highest PB Ratio was 1.25. The lowest was 0.57. And the median was 0.85.

XLSCF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
85.87% of 1309 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 2.38 vs XLSCF: 0.72

During the past 12 months, Xlife Sciences AG's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.30% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Xlife Sciences AG was 19.80% per year. The lowest was 15.30% per year. And the median was 17.55% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Xlife Sciences AG PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Xlife Sciences AG's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Xlife Sciences AG's PB Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Xlife Sciences AG'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.


Xlife Sciences AG's PB Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Xlife Sciences AG's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Xlife Sciences AG's PB Ratio falls into.



Xlife Sciences AG 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.

Xlife Sciences AG's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=34.8138/82.435
=0.42

* 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.


Xlife Sciences AG  (GREY:XLSCF) 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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Xlife Sciences AG (Xlife Sciences AG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Talacker 35, Zürich, CHE, 8001
Xlife Sciences AG is a Swiss company with a focus on performance technologies in life sciences. The company allows its investors a very early and direct Entry into the further development of innovative and future-oriented technologies.

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