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Electronics for Imaging (Electronics for Imaging) PB Ratio

: 2.21 (As of Today)
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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 (2024-04-16), Electronics for Imaging's share price is $36.97. Electronics for Imaging's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $16.73. Hence, Electronics for Imaging's PB Ratio of today is 2.21.

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

EFII's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.79
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Electronics for Imaging PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronics for Imaging'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.

* Premium members only.

Electronics for Imaging Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.55 2.68 2.47 1.71 1.45

Electronics for Imaging Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.57 1.89 1.98 1.45 1.61

Competitive Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Electronics for Imaging'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.


Electronics for Imaging PB Ratio Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Electronics for Imaging's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Electronics for Imaging's PB Ratio falls into.



Electronics for Imaging 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.

Electronics for Imaging's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2019)
=36.97/16.733
=2.21

* 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.


Electronics for Imaging  (NAS:EFII) 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.


Electronics for Imaging PB Ratio Related Terms

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Electronics for Imaging (Electronics for Imaging) Business Description

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Address
6750 Dumbarton Circle, Fremont, CA, USA, 94555
Electronics for Imaging provides digital printing services to printer manufacturers, commercial photo labs, sign shops, and billboard graphics providers. The firm operates in three segments: industrial inkjet, which provides eponymous printers to markets undergoing conversion of production from analog to digital; productivity software, which provides products to manage and streamline printing operations; and Fiery, which provides digital front ends to transform printers into networked devices for commercial and industrial use. Roughly half of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, with the rest coming from Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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James S Greene director
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