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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) PB Ratio : 0.49 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Khong Guan 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 (2024-04-28), Khong Guan's share price is S$1.01. Khong Guan's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was S$2.07. Hence, Khong Guan's PB Ratio of today is 0.49.

Good Sign:

Khong Guan Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.49) is close to 10-year low of 0.47

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

SGX:K03' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.47   Med: 0.78   Max: 0.95
Current: 0.49

During the past 13 years, Khong Guan's highest PB Ratio was 0.95. The lowest was 0.47. And the median was 0.78.

SGX:K03's PB Ratio is ranked better than
90.64% of 299 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.68 vs SGX:K03: 0.49

During the past 12 months, Khong Guan's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Khong Guan was 16.30% per year. The lowest was -9.20% per year. And the median was -0.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Khong Guan PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Khong Guan'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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Khong Guan PB Ratio Chart

Khong Guan Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 0.68 0.68 0.67 0.60

Khong Guan Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.65 0.67 0.57 0.60 0.54

Competitive Comparison of Khong Guan's PB Ratio

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Khong Guan'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.


Khong Guan's PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Khong Guan's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Khong Guan's PB Ratio falls into.



Khong Guan 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.

Khong Guan's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jan. 2024)
=1.01/2.067
=0.49

* 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.


Khong Guan  (SGX:K03) 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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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2 MacTaggart Road, Number 03-01, Khong Guan Building, Singapore, SGP, 368078
Khong Guan Ltd is a Singapore-based investment holding company. It operates its business in various segments that are Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods, which trades in Singapore and Malaysia; Investment Trading, which trades in shares mainly listed in Singapore and Malaysia; and Investment Holding, which holds shares for dividend income. The Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods segment generates maximum revenue for the company. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Malaysia.

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