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Fast Retailing Co (Fast Retailing Co) PB Ratio

: 5.97 (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 (2024-04-19), Fast Retailing Co's share price is $261.044. Fast Retailing Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $43.76. Hence, Fast Retailing Co's PB Ratio of today is 5.97.

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

FRCOF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.88   Med: 6.02   Max: 10.75
Current: 6.26

During the past 13 years, Fast Retailing Co's highest PB Ratio was 10.75. The lowest was 3.88. And the median was 6.02.

FRCOF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
89.15% of 1060 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.48 vs FRCOF: 6.26

During the past 12 months, Fast Retailing Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 25.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 23.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Fast Retailing Co was 28.40% per year. The lowest was 0.20% per year. And the median was 14.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Fast Retailing Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fast Retailing 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.

* Premium members only.

Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 6.76 [6] => 6.66 [7] => 6.64 [8] => 5.16 [9] => 5.34 )
Fast Retailing Co Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.76 6.66 6.64 5.16 5.34

Fast Retailing Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 4.90 6.05 5.34 6.11 6.63

Competitive Comparison

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Fast Retailing 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.


Fast Retailing Co PB Ratio Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Fast Retailing Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fast Retailing Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Fast Retailing 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.

Fast Retailing Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Feb. 2024)
=261.044/43.755
=5.97

* 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.


Fast Retailing Co  (OTCPK:FRCOF) 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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Fast Retailing Co (Fast Retailing Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10717-1 Sayama, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, JPN, 754-0894
Fast Retailing Co Ltd is Japan's apparel company, operating the casualwear retail chain Uniqlo, known for its high-quality functional apparel at reasonable prices. The business is founded on a private-label apparel model whereby Fast Retailing is in charge of product design, production, and sales. Fast Retailing is ranked the third-largest apparel company by sales globally, it runs 3,630 stores globally, including 813 and 1,439 Uniqlo stores in Japan and overseas, respectively. Other brands in its portfolio include GU and acquired brands including Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse Tam Tam (French lingerie), and J Brand (premium denim).

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