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Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt (Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt) PB Ratio : 1.52 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt 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 (2024-04-26), Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's share price is $5.986. Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.93. Hence, Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio of today is 1.52.

Good Sign:

Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.49) is close to 3-year low of 0.47

The historical rank and industry rank for Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HTHKY' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 0.88   Max: 2.02
Current: 0.49

During the past 13 years, Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's highest PB Ratio was 2.02. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 0.88.

HTHKY's PB Ratio is ranked better than
90.71% of 366 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.725 vs HTHKY: 0.49

During the past 12 months, Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt was 12.00% per year. The lowest was -12.20% per year. And the median was 1.55% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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* 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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Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt'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.


Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio falls into.



Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt 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.

Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=5.986/3.929
=1.52

* 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.


Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt  (OTCPK:HTHKY) 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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Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt (Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Lt) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Queen’s Road Central, 48th Floor, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong, HKG
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. It operates in a single segment of the mobile telecommunications business in Hong Kong and Macau. The company offers a wide range of mobile telecommunications services and products with an increasing focus on data-centric services that converge with Internet and PC services. It provides mobile communications services such as local voice, SMS, MMS, IDD, and international roaming, as well as data services and applications including direct carrier billing offerings, mobile device security management, eBooks, music downloads, movies-on-demand, mobile social networking applications, and FinTech.