Olympic Steel's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $50.57.
During the past 12 months, Olympic Steel's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 22.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Olympic Steel was 24.50% per year. The lowest was -5.30% per year. And the median was 3.60% per year.
Olympic Steel's current price is $52.18. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $50.57. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Olympic Steel is 1.03.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Olympic Steel was 1.42. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.78.
Good Sign:
Olympic Steel Inc stock PB Ratio (=1.03) is close to 1-year low of 0.96
Olympic Steel Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Olympic Steel's Book Value per Share 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.
Competitive Comparison of Olympic Steel's Book Value per Share
For the Steel subindustry, Olympic Steel'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.
Olympic Steel's PB Ratio Distribution in the Steel Industry
For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Olympic Steel's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Olympic Steel's PB Ratio falls into.
Olympic Steel Book Value per Share Calculation
Olympic Steel's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* 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.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Olympic Steel (NAS:ZEUS) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
Olympic Steel Book Value per Share Related Terms
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Olympic Steel (Olympic Steel) Business Description
Olympic Steel Inc provides metals processing and distribution services in the United States. The company operates in three reportable segments; specialty metals flat products, carbon flat products, and tubular and pipe products. It specializes in the processing and distribution of large volumes of carbon, aluminum, and stainless steel flat-rolled sheet, coils, plates, bars, and fabricated parts. The group serves various industries such as industrial machinery and equipment manufacturers, automobile manufacturers and suppliers, and transportation equipment manufacturers. The company generates majority of the revenue from carbon flat products.
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