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Western Acquisition Ventures (Western Acquisition Ventures) PB Ratio : 362.66 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Western Acquisition Ventures 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 (2024-05-27), Western Acquisition Ventures's share price is $10.8799. Western Acquisition Ventures's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.03. Hence, Western Acquisition Ventures's PB Ratio of today is 362.66.

The historical rank and industry rank for Western Acquisition Ventures's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WAVS' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 363
Current: 362.66

During the past 3 years, Western Acquisition Ventures's highest PB Ratio was 363.00. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

WAVS's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
99.8% of 508 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: 1.9 vs WAVS: 362.66

During the past 12 months, Western Acquisition Ventures's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -99.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Western Acquisition Ventures PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Acquisition Ventures'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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Western Acquisition Ventures PB Ratio Chart

Western Acquisition Ventures Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
- 1.46 362.00

Western Acquisition Ventures Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.46 6.95 7.51 102.31 362.00

Competitive Comparison of Western Acquisition Ventures's PB Ratio

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Western Acquisition Ventures'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.


Western Acquisition Ventures's PB Ratio Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Western Acquisition Ventures's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Acquisition Ventures's PB Ratio falls into.



Western Acquisition Ventures 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.

Western Acquisition Ventures's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=10.8799/0.03
=362.66

* 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.


Western Acquisition Ventures  (NAS:WAVS) 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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Western Acquisition Ventures (Western Acquisition Ventures) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
42 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10004
Western Acquisition Ventures Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Robin L Smith director C/O PHASE III MEDICAL, INC., 330 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 120, MELVILLE NY 11747
Adam K Stern director STERN AEGIS VENTURES, 810 7TH AVENUE 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Stephen Christoffersen director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 6261 KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 250, CYPRESS CA 90630
A.g.p. / Alliance Global Partners Corp. other: Underwriter 88 POST ROAD WEST, 2ND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
William F Lischak director, 10 percent owner, other: Chief Financial Officer 8800 SUNSET BLVD, 3RD FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90069
Western Acquisition Ventures Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner 42 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004
Ali Jahangiri director 42 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004
Ade Okunubi director 42 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004

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