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Barry Callebaut AG (XSWX:BARN) PB Ratio

: 2.63 (As of Today)
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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 (2024-04-19), Barry Callebaut AG's share price is CHF1394.00. Barry Callebaut AG's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was CHF529.51. Hence, Barry Callebaut AG's PB Ratio of today is 2.63.

Good Sign:

Barry Callebaut AG stock PB Ratio (=2.52) is close to 10-year low of 2.33

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

XSWX:BARN' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.33   Med: 3.84   Max: 5.53
Current: 2.63

During the past 13 years, Barry Callebaut AG's highest PB Ratio was 5.53. The lowest was 2.33. And the median was 3.84.

XSWX:BARN's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
73.01% of 1786 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.47 vs XSWX:BARN: 2.63

During the past 12 months, Barry Callebaut AG's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Barry Callebaut AG was 12.20% per year. The lowest was 0.90% per year. And the median was 7.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Barry Callebaut AG PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barry Callebaut AG'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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Barry Callebaut AG Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.62 4.65 4.77 3.78 2.91

Barry Callebaut AG Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.31 3.78 3.55 2.91 2.35

Competitive Comparison

For the Confectioners subindustry, Barry Callebaut 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.


Barry Callebaut AG PB Ratio Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Barry Callebaut AG's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barry Callebaut AG's PB Ratio falls into.



Barry Callebaut 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.

Barry Callebaut AG's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Feb. 2024)
=1394.00/529.513
=2.63

* 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.


Barry Callebaut AG  (XSWX:BARN) 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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Barry Callebaut AG (XSWX:BARN) Business Description

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Address
Hardturmstrasse 181, Zurich, CHE, 8005
Barry Callebaut is a significant manufacturer and supplier of cocoa and chocolate ingredients, employing over 13,000 people. Customers include food and beverage makers as well as craftspeople, chocolatiers, pastry chefs, and bakers who utilize chocolate professionally. Barry Callebaut is vertically integrated from raw material (cocoa bean) procurement through chocolate manufacture, while not owning any cocoa farms. The firm produces around 40% of the world's industrial chocolate (open market), and its products are used in approximately 20% of the world's chocolate and cocoa goods. Barry Callebaut's sustainability endeavors are reflected in the fact that the company's Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating is one of the lowest in its subcategory and first among its peers.

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