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FBR (FBRC) PS Ratio : 1.14 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is FBR PS Ratio?

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, FBR's share price is $17.55. FBR's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was $15.37. Hence, FBR's PS Ratio for today is 1.14.

The historical rank and industry rank for FBR's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FBRC's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 4.11
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

FBR's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Mar. 2017 was $4.44. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was $15.37.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


FBR PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for FBR's PS 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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FBR PS Ratio Chart

FBR Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.44 1.33 1.57 1.39 0.98

FBR Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
PS 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 1.33 1.30 1.21 0.98 1.17

Competitive Comparison of FBR's PS Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, FBR's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS 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.


FBR's PS Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, FBR's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FBR's PS Ratio falls into.



FBR PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

FBR's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=17.55/15.366
=1.14

FBR's Share Price of today is $17.55.
FBR's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $15.37.

* 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:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


FBR  (NAS:FBRC) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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FBR (FBRC) Business Description

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FBR & Co is a full-service investment banking, institutional brokerage and asset management firm with a customer-focused and new approach to meeting its clients' needs. In addition, it makes main investments, including merchant banking investments, with its own capital. The Company has focused its business on providing: capital raising services, including underwriting and placement of public and private equity and debt; financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition advisory, restructuring, recapitalization and strategic alternative analysis; institutional sales and trading services; research coverage; asset management services through a group of proprietary mutual funds, hedge funds and funds of funds; private wealth management services to high net worth individuals, families, foundations, pension funds, endowments and other private entities; and proprietary investment returns to its shareholders through merchant banking and other direct investments that it makes utilizing its own capital. The Company focuses its capital markets business in seven industry sectors: consumer, diversified industrials, energy and natural resources, financial institutions, insurance, real estate, and technology, media and telecommunications. Its business comprises of two segments: capital markets, which includes investment banking, institutional brokerage and research; and principal investing.
Executives
Reena Aggarwal director C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Robert J Kiernan officer: Chief Accounting Officer 7373 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 800, BETHESDA MD 20814
Richard J Hendrix director, officer: President and CEO 1300 NORTH 17TH STREET, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Mark Robert Patterson director 602 UNION STREET, SUITE 2000, SEATTLE WA 98101
Arthur J Reimers director 1300 NORTH 17TH STREET, ARLINGTON VA 22209
William Frederick Strome director 127 INDUSTRY BOULEVARD NORTH HUNTINGDON PA 15642
James C Neuhauser officer: Ex VP 100 NORTH 17TH STREET, ARLINGTON VA 22209
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