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Hamilton Thorne (TSX:HTL) PB Ratio : 2.48 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Hamilton Thorne 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 (2024-05-21), Hamilton Thorne's share price is C$1.39. Hamilton Thorne's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$0.56. Hence, Hamilton Thorne's PB Ratio of today is 2.48.

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

TSX:HTL' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.19   Med: 3.24   Max: 60
Current: 2.48

During the past 13 years, Hamilton Thorne's highest PB Ratio was 60.00. The lowest was 2.19. And the median was 3.24.

TSX:HTL's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
54.85% of 793 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 2.28 vs TSX:HTL: 2.48

During the past 12 months, Hamilton Thorne's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Hamilton Thorne was 126.50% per year. The lowest was 6.60% per year. And the median was 19.95% per year.

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Hamilton Thorne PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hamilton Thorne'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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Hamilton Thorne PB Ratio Chart

Hamilton Thorne 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 2.59 2.97 4.10 3.09 2.33

Hamilton Thorne 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 2.98 2.74 2.66 2.33 2.32

Competitive Comparison of Hamilton Thorne's PB Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Hamilton Thorne'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.


Hamilton Thorne's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Hamilton Thorne's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hamilton Thorne's PB Ratio falls into.



Hamilton Thorne 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.

Hamilton Thorne's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=1.39/0.561
=2.48

* 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.


Hamilton Thorne  (TSX:HTL) 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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Hamilton Thorne (TSX:HTL) Business Description

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Address
100 Cummings Center, Suite 465E, Beverly, MA, USA, 01915
Hamilton Thorne Ltd is engaged in providing precision instruments, consumables, software, and services that reduce cost, increase productivity, improve results, and enable breakthroughs in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and developmental biology research markets. The company markets its products and services under the Hamilton Thorne, Gynemed, and Embryotech Laboratories brands, through its growing sales force and distributors. The company's customer base consists of fertility clinics, university research centers, animal breeding facilities, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and other commercial and academic research establishments. It has a single reporting segment being Engaged in Sales to the ART, Research, and Cell Biology Markets.
Executives
Robert J Potter Director

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