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Quest Patent Research (Quest Patent Research) PB Ratio : (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Quest Patent Research 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 (2024-06-10), Quest Patent Research's share price is $0.24. Quest Patent Research's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.25. Hence, Quest Patent Research's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Quest Patent Research's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

QPRC's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -20.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Quest Patent Research was 66.20% per year. The lowest was -173.50% per year. And the median was -12.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Quest Patent Research PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quest Patent Research'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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Quest Patent Research PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Quest Patent Research's PB Ratio

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Quest Patent Research'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.


Quest Patent Research's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Quest Patent Research's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quest Patent Research's PB Ratio falls into.



Quest Patent Research 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.

Quest Patent Research's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=0.24/-1.249
=

* 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.


Quest Patent Research  (OTCPK:QPRC) 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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Quest Patent Research (Quest Patent Research) Business Description

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Address
411 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite 206S, Rye, NY, USA, 10580-1411
Quest Patent Research Corp is an intellectual property asset management company. The company is engaged in the development, acquisition, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Its intellectual property portfolios consist of mobile data, online marketing, sweepstakes, promotions, and rewards, flexible packaging, universal financial data system, rich media, anchor structure portfolio, power management/bus control portfolio, and diode on-chip portfolio. The company has two segments namely intellectual property licensing and licensed packaging sales. It generates revenue from patent licensing fees, management fees, and licensed packaging sales.
Executives
Timothy J Scahill director 472 WHITING ROAD, WEBSTER NY 14580
William Ryall Carroll director 242 WEST 104TH ST, APT 6ER, NEW YORK NY 10025
Robert Christopher Paladino director 7811 VALENCIA COURT, NAPLES FL 34113
Jon Charles Scahill director, officer: President & COO 24 GREENHAVEN RD., RYE NY 10580-1018