The Japan Steel Works (The Japan Steel Works) PB Ratio : 1.52 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is The Japan Steel Works 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 (2024-04-27), The Japan Steel Works's share price is $11.95. The Japan Steel Works's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.84. Hence, The Japan Steel Works's PB Ratio of today is 1.52.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Japan Steel Works's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

JPSWY' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.52 Med: 1.34 Max: 2.33
Current: 1.57

During the past 13 years, The Japan Steel Works's highest PB Ratio was 2.33. The lowest was 0.52. And the median was 1.34.

JPSWY's PB Ratio is ranked better than
59.36% of 2926 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.9 vs JPSWY: 1.57

During the past 12 months, The Japan Steel Works's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of The Japan Steel Works was 13.90% per year. The lowest was -8.10% per year. And the median was 6.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

The Japan Steel Works PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Japan Steel Works'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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The Japan Steel Works PB Ratio Chart

The Japan Steel Works Annual Data

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Mar14

Mar15

Mar16

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Mar18

Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

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Mar23

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1.17

0.70

1.38

1.62

1.12

The Japan Steel Works 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															1.32	1.12	1.37	1.36	1.14

Competitive Comparison of The Japan Steel Works's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, The Japan Steel Works'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.

The Japan Steel Works's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, The Japan Steel Works's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Japan Steel Works's PB Ratio falls into.

The Japan Steel Works 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.

The Japan Steel Works's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	11.95	/	7.844
	=	1.52

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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 Japan Steel Works (OTCPK:JPSWY) 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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The Japan Steel Works (The Japan Steel Works) Business Description

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Address

Gate City Ohsaki-West Tower, 11-1, Osaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 141-0032

Website

http://www.jsw.co.jp

The Japan Steel Works Ltd is a Japan-based company that primarily operates through two segments. The steel and energy products segment provides steel components for turbine shafts, steel components for nuclear reactors, steel casting for power plant turbines, oil refining equipment, high-pressure steel tankers, wind turbine systems, and various other steel products. The industrial machinery products segment offers polyolefin pelletizers, injection molding machines, extruders, film and sheet machines, blow molding machines, defense equipment, and other industrial machinery and related services and solutions. The company generates the majority of its sales from Japan and China.