GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Real Estate » Real Estate » Malta Properties Company PLC (MAL:MPC) » Definitions » PB Ratio

Malta Properties Company (MAL:MPC) PB Ratio : 0.61 (As of May. 26, 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2015. Start your Free Trial

What is Malta Properties Company 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 (2024-05-26), Malta Properties Company's share price is €0.34. Malta Properties Company's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €0.56. Hence, Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio of today is 0.61.

The historical rank and industry rank for Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MAL:MPC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39   Med: 0.99   Max: 1.66
Current: 0.61

During the past 9 years, Malta Properties Company's highest PB Ratio was 1.66. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.99.

MAL:MPC's PB Ratio is ranked better than
61.96% of 1756 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 0.82 vs MAL:MPC: 0.61

During the past 12 months, Malta Properties Company's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.70% per year.

During the past 9 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Malta Properties Company was 13.90% per year. The lowest was -27.00% per year. And the median was 2.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Malta Properties Company PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Malta Properties Company'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.

* Premium members only.

Malta Properties Company PB Ratio Chart

Malta Properties Company Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.20 0.92 0.98 0.91 0.70

Malta Properties Company Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 0.98 0.90 0.91 0.70 0.70

Competitive Comparison of Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Malta Properties Company'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.


Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio falls into.



Malta Properties Company 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.

Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=0.34/0.557
=0.61

* 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.


Malta Properties Company  (MAL:MPC) 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.


Malta Properties Company PB Ratio Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Malta Properties Company's PB Ratio provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Malta Properties Company (MAL:MPC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Triq Emvin Cremona Street, The Bastions, Floriana, MLT, FRN1281
Malta Properties Company PLC is a developer and administrator of commercial properties. The company through its subsidiary owns, manages, acquires, develops, redevelops and leases to third parties commercial immovable properties. It has developed projects in Zetun, Marsa and Birkirkara. It derives revenue in the form of rental income from an investment property.

Malta Properties Company (MAL:MPC) Headlines