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 (2024-05-02), Sigma-Aldrich's share price is €130.90. Sigma-Aldrich's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was €24.94. Hence, Sigma-Aldrich's PB Ratio of today is 5.25.
Good Sign:
Sigma-Aldrich Corp stock P/B Ratio (=4.99) is close to 1-year low of 4.98
Warning Sign:
Sigma-Aldrich Corp stock P/B Ratio (=4.99) is close to 10-year high of 5.28
The historical rank and industry rank for Sigma-Aldrich's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:SIQ'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.87 Med: 3.79 Max: 5.28
Current: 4.99
During the past 13 years, Sigma-Aldrich's highest PB Ratio was 5.28. The lowest was 2.87. And the median was 3.79.
FRA:SIQ's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 1.6
vs FRA:SIQ: 4.99
During the past 12 months, Sigma-Aldrich's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.10% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Sigma-Aldrich was 18.20% per year. The lowest was -2.80% per year. And the median was 12.30% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Sigma-Aldrich PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sigma-Aldrich'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.
Competitive Comparison of Sigma-Aldrich's PB Ratio
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sigma-Aldrich'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.
Sigma-Aldrich's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sigma-Aldrich's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sigma-Aldrich's PB Ratio falls into.
Sigma-Aldrich 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.
Sigma-Aldrich's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
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.
Sigma-Aldrich PB Ratio Related Terms
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Sigma-Aldrich Corp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in May 1975. The Company is a life science and a technology company that helps in enhancing human health and safety. The Company manufactures and distributes chemicals, biochemicals and other essential products and equipment products to its customers in research and applied labs as well as in industrial and commercial markets. The Company operates in three units including Research, Applied and SAFC Commercial. The Research unit products and services includes chemicals, reagents and kits, enabling the scientists to discover and develop new drugs and materials; Applied unit products and services includes high quality components and kits, chemical reagents, critical raw materials and certified reference standards, providing customized solutions to and constitute critical components and materials for diagnostic companies, testing laboratories and industrial companies; SAFC Commercial unit's products and services are used by its customers to develop and manufacture pharma, biopharma and electronics products. Its customers include pharmaceutical companies, universities, commercial laboratories, industrial companies, biotechnology companies, non-profit organizations, governmental institutions, diagnostic, chemical and electronics companies and hospitals. The Company's trademarks are the brand names; Sigma-Aldrich, Sigma, Aldrich, Fluka, Riedel-de Haën, Supelco, SAFC, SAFC Biosciences, SAFC Hitech, Genosys, Proligo, Pharmorphix, Cerilliant, Vetec, BioReliance and Cell Marque. The Company is subject to extensive regulation by federal, state and local governments and similar international agencies relating to the manufacture, sale and distribution of its products.
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