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Airtel Africa (LSE:AAF) PB Ratio : 1.92 (As of May. 08, 2024)


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What is Airtel Africa 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 (2024-05-08), Airtel Africa's share price is £1.159. Airtel Africa's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.60. Hence, Airtel Africa's PB Ratio of today is 1.92.

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

LSE:AAF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.47   Med: 1.46   Max: 2.26
Current: 1.89

During the past 7 years, Airtel Africa's highest PB Ratio was 2.26. The lowest was 0.47. And the median was 1.46.

LSE:AAF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
56.2% of 363 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs LSE:AAF: 1.89

During the past 12 months, Airtel Africa's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -25.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Airtel Africa was 10.10% per year. The lowest was 3.20% per year. And the median was 6.65% per year.

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Airtel Africa PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Airtel Africa'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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Airtel Africa PB Ratio Chart

Airtel Africa Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 0.56 1.21 1.97 1.33

Airtel Africa Quarterly Data
Sep18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 1.60 1.47 1.33 1.75 2.08

Competitive Comparison of Airtel Africa's PB Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Airtel Africa'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.


Airtel Africa's PB Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Airtel Africa's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Airtel Africa's PB Ratio falls into.



Airtel Africa 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.

Airtel Africa's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2023)
=1.159/0.604
=1.92

* 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.


Airtel Africa  (LSE:AAF) 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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Airtel Africa (LSE:AAF) Business Description

Address
53/54 Grosvenor Street, First Floor, London, GBR, W1K 3HU
Airtel Africa PLC is engaged in providing affordable and innovative mobile services. The company's segment includes Nigeria mobile services; East Africa mobile services; Francophone Africa mobile services; Mobile money and others. It generates maximum revenue from the Nigeria mobile services segment. Nigeria mobile services segment comprising of mobile service operations in Nigeria.

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