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Samsung Life Insurance Co (XKRX:032830) PB Ratio : 0.39 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Samsung Life Insurance Co 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 (2024-05-10), Samsung Life Insurance Co's share price is ₩91900.00. Samsung Life Insurance Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩236,323.70. Hence, Samsung Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.39.

The historical rank and industry rank for Samsung Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XKRX:032830' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17   Med: 0.59   Max: 1.12
Current: 0.39

During the past 13 years, Samsung Life Insurance Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.12. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 0.59.

XKRX:032830's PB Ratio is ranked better than
92.36% of 484 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.23 vs XKRX:032830: 0.39

During the past 12 months, Samsung Life Insurance Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Samsung Life Insurance Co was 35.10% per year. The lowest was 0.40% per year. And the median was 11.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Samsung Life Insurance Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Samsung Life Insurance Co'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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Samsung Life Insurance Co PB Ratio Chart

Samsung Life Insurance Co 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 0.38 0.34 0.30 0.32 0.29

Samsung Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 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 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 0.32 0.30 0.29 0.30 0.29

Competitive Comparison of Samsung Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Samsung Life Insurance Co'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.


Samsung Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Samsung Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Samsung Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Samsung Life Insurance Co 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.

Samsung Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=91900.00/236323.698
=0.39

* 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.


Samsung Life Insurance Co  (XKRX:032830) 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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Samsung Life Insurance Co (XKRX:032830) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Samsung Life Insurance Building, Jung-gu, SEOUL, KOR, 100-716
Samsung Life is Korea's largest insurer. It has a market share of life-insurance premiums of 22%, compared with 12% each for its two biggest rivals. It owns 72% of listed Samsung Card and 30% of equity-method affiliate Samsung Securities. It also owns close to 15% of sister company Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Korea's largest nonlife insurer, and owns 8.5% of Samsung Electronics, a stake that is worth well in excess of its own market cap. It in turn is 49% owned by related shareholders: 10.4% by Jay Lee, 6.9% and 1.7%, respectively, by Jay Lee's sisters Boo-Jin and Seo-Hyun, 19.3% by Samsung C&T (the presumptive parent of the Samsung group), 5.9% by E-mart (a retailer whose largest shareholders are Jay Lee's aunt and cousin), and 4.7% by the Samsung Foundation of Culture.

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