GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Agriculture » Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF) » Definitions » PB Ratio

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP) PB Ratio : (As of May. 05, 2024)


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

What is Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP 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 (2024-05-05), Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's share price is $11.41. Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $-4.27. Hence, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

RNF's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 1.49
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP'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.

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP PB Ratio Chart

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 13.38 29.58 46.10 -

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 46.10 91.27 - - -

Competitive Comparison of Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP'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.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio falls into.



Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP 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.

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2015)
=11.41/-4.265
=

* 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.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP  (NYSE:RNF) 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.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP PB Ratio Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PB Ratio provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in July 2011. The Company is engaged in manufacturing of nitrogen fertilizer. The Company owns and operates two fertilizer facilities: East Dubuque Facility and Pasadena Facility. The East Dubuque Facility produces ammonia, UAN, liquid and granular urea, nitric acid and food-grade carbon dioxide, or CO2, using natural gas as its primary feedstock. Some of these products are final products sold to customers, and others, including ammonia, are both final products and feedstocks for other products, such as UAN, nitric acid, liquid urea and granular urea. The Pasadena Facility ceased production of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate. Its Pasadena Facility is the producer of synthetic ammonium sulfate and the third largest producer of ammonium sulfate in North America. The Pasadena Facility's products are applied to many types of crops including soybeans, potatoes, cotton, canola, alfalfa, corn and wheat. The Company is subject to a number of federal and state laws and regulations related to safety, including the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, and comparable state statutes, the purpose of which are to protect the health and safety of workers.
Executives
Michael S Burke director C/O AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, 555 S. FLOWER STREET, SUITE 3700, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Keith B Forman director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7200 TEXAS COMMERCE TOWER, 600 TRAVIS ST, HOUSTON TX 77002
John Howard Diesch director, officer: President 1331 17TH STREET, SUITE 720, DENVER CO 80202
Rentech, Inc. 10 percent owner 10877 WILSHIRE BLVD, 10TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Carl C Icahn 10 percent owner C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Halbert S Washburn director 515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET 48TH FLOOR, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071