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Lanka Ashok Leyland (COL:ASHO.N0000) PB Ratio : 0.60 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Lanka Ashok Leyland 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 (2024-05-25), Lanka Ashok Leyland's share price is රු757.00. Lanka Ashok Leyland's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was රු1,267.50. Hence, Lanka Ashok Leyland's PB Ratio of today is 0.60.

Good Sign:

Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.6) is close to 10-year low of 0.55

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

COL:ASHO.N0000' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55   Med: 0.88   Max: 2.34
Current: 0.6

During the past 13 years, Lanka Ashok Leyland's highest PB Ratio was 2.34. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 0.88.

COL:ASHO.N0000's PB Ratio is ranked better than
80.83% of 1247 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 1.44 vs COL:ASHO.N0000: 0.60

During the past 12 months, Lanka Ashok Leyland's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 20.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Lanka Ashok Leyland was 62.10% per year. The lowest was 0.20% per year. And the median was 6.75% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Lanka Ashok Leyland PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lanka Ashok Leyland'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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Lanka Ashok Leyland PB Ratio Chart

Lanka Ashok Leyland Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.75 0.91 0.70 0.75 0.54

Lanka Ashok Leyland Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.75 0.68 0.68 0.61 0.54

Competitive Comparison of Lanka Ashok Leyland's PB Ratio

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Lanka Ashok Leyland'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.


Lanka Ashok Leyland's PB Ratio Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lanka Ashok Leyland's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lanka Ashok Leyland's PB Ratio falls into.



Lanka Ashok Leyland 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.

Lanka Ashok Leyland's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=757.00/1267.495
=0.60

* 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.


Lanka Ashok Leyland  (COL:ASHO.N0000) 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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Lanka Ashok Leyland (COL:ASHO.N0000) Business Description

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Address
Panagoda, Homagama, Colombo, LKA
Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC is engaged in importing and marketing of Ashok Leyland buses, trucks, truck chassis, spare parts, power generators, and accessories. The company also carries out repairs and restoration of commercial vehicles including body fabrication on goods and passenger chassis. The firm builds the truck body for specific requirements and the building of driver's cabins. Besides, the firm assembles and manufactures Ashok Leyland vehicles with technical assistance from Ashok Leyland. The company solely operates in Sri Lanka.

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