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Citizens Development Business Finance (COL:CDB.N0000) PB Ratio : 0.73 (As of May. 29, 2024)


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What is Citizens Development Business Finance 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 (2024-05-29), Citizens Development Business Finance's share price is රු200.50. Citizens Development Business Finance's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was රු275.99. Hence, Citizens Development Business Finance's PB Ratio of today is 0.73.

Good Sign:

Citizens Development Business Finance PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.74) is close to 2-year low of 0.67

The historical rank and industry rank for Citizens Development Business Finance's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

COL:CDB.N0000' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42   Med: 0.72   Max: 1.45
Current: 0.74

During the past 13 years, Citizens Development Business Finance's highest PB Ratio was 1.45. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 0.72.

COL:CDB.N0000's PB Ratio is ranked better than
66.02% of 512 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 0.995 vs COL:CDB.N0000: 0.74

During the past 12 months, Citizens Development Business Finance's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Citizens Development Business Finance was 84.00% per year. The lowest was 13.70% per year. And the median was 19.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Citizens Development Business Finance PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Citizens Development Business Finance'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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Citizens Development Business Finance PB Ratio Chart

Citizens Development Business Finance Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.47 0.44 0.55 0.91 0.87

Citizens Development Business Finance Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.74 0.87 0.79 0.75 0.72

Competitive Comparison of Citizens Development Business Finance's PB Ratio

For the Credit Services subindustry, Citizens Development Business Finance'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.


Citizens Development Business Finance's PB Ratio Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Citizens Development Business Finance's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Citizens Development Business Finance's PB Ratio falls into.



Citizens Development Business Finance 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.

Citizens Development Business Finance's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=200.50/275.994
=0.73

* 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.


Citizens Development Business Finance  (COL:CDB.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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Citizens Development Business Finance (COL:CDB.N0000) Business Description

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Address
No. 123, Orabipasha Mawatha, Western Province, Colombo, LKA, 10
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC provides financial services. The company offers term and savings deposits, leasing, hire purchase and loan facilities, gold loans, foreign exchange, foreign remittances, issuance of international debit cards, credit cards, margin trading, Islamic finance products, and other financial services. Its operating segment includes Lease and stocks out on hire; Loans and advances and Other. The company generates maximum revenue from the Lease and stock out-on-hire segment.

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