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SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou (SZSE:002857) PB Ratio : 3.23 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou 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), SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's share price is ¥12.72. SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥3.94. Hence, SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's PB Ratio of today is 3.23.

The historical rank and industry rank for SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002857' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.15   Med: 3.76   Max: 8.36
Current: 3.23

During the past 13 years, SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's highest PB Ratio was 8.36. The lowest was 2.15. And the median was 3.76.

SZSE:002857's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
76.11% of 2386 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs SZSE:002857: 3.23

During the past 12 months, SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou was 25.70% per year. The lowest was 1.30% per year. And the median was 3.45% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou'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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SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou PB Ratio Chart

SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.21 2.99 4.24 3.45 3.98

SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 3.93 4.84 4.61 3.98 3.19

Competitive Comparison of SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's PB Ratio

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou'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.


SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's PB Ratio falls into.



SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou 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.

SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=12.72/3.94
=3.23

* 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.


SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou  (SZSE:002857) 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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SMS Electric Co Zhengzhou (SZSE:002857) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
SMS Industrial Park at No. 85 Fifth Avenue, Economic and Technical Development Zone, Zhengzhou, CHN, 450016
SMS Electric Co Ltd Zhengzhou is engaged in the research, design, producing and sale of electricity metering instrument in China. It offers testing automation products, energy meter terminals, standard test devices, portable meter test systems, simulation equipment, and transformers.
Executives
Yu Yi Zhou Directors, executives
Wang Hong Directors, executives

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