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LifeStar Insurance (MAL:LSI) PB Ratio : 1.02 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is LifeStar Insurance 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 (2024-05-27), LifeStar Insurance's share price is €0.50. LifeStar Insurance's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was €0.49. Hence, LifeStar Insurance's PB Ratio of today is 1.02.

Warning Sign:

LifeStar Insurance PLC stock PB Ratio (=1.02) is close to 3-year high of 1.07

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

MAL:LSI' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.07   Max: 1.07
Current: 1.02

During the past 3 years, LifeStar Insurance's highest PB Ratio was 1.07. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.07.

MAL:LSI's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.245 vs MAL:LSI: 1.02

During the past 12 months, LifeStar Insurance's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


LifeStar Insurance PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for LifeStar Insurance'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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LifeStar Insurance PB Ratio Chart

LifeStar Insurance Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
PB Ratio
- 1.01 1.07

LifeStar Insurance Semi-Annual Data
Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 1.01 1.04 1.07 1.02

Competitive Comparison of LifeStar Insurance's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, LifeStar Insurance'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.


LifeStar Insurance's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, LifeStar Insurance's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where LifeStar Insurance's PB Ratio falls into.



LifeStar Insurance 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.

LifeStar Insurance's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2023)
=0.50/0.491
=1.02

* 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.


LifeStar Insurance  (MAL:LSI) 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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LifeStar Insurance (MAL:LSI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Testaferrata Street, Ta’Xbiex, MLT, XBX 1403
LifeStar Insurance PLC is a provider of insurance products in Malta offering customers a comprehensive range of protection, savings and investment and retirement life insurance products. Its products are classified under Protection, Savings and Investment, Retirement, and Health products.

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