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Arla Plast AB (OSTO:ARPL) PB Ratio : 1.66 (As of Jan. 31, 2025)


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What is Arla Plast AB 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 (2025-01-31), Arla Plast AB's share price is kr48.50. Arla Plast AB's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was kr29.24. Hence, Arla Plast AB's PB Ratio of today is 1.66.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arla Plast AB's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:ARPL' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.12   Med: 1.66   Max: 2.63
Current: 1.66

During the past 6 years, Arla Plast AB's highest PB Ratio was 2.63. The lowest was 1.12. And the median was 1.66.

OSTO:ARPL's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
52.05% of 1535 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.57 vs OSTO:ARPL: 1.66

During the past 12 months, Arla Plast AB's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.10% per year.

During the past 6 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Arla Plast AB was 11.60% per year. The lowest was 6.00% per year. And the median was 9.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Arla Plast AB PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arla Plast AB'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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Arla Plast AB PB Ratio Chart

Arla Plast AB Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 2.22 1.44 1.36

Arla Plast AB Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 1.24 1.36 1.45 2.02 1.70

Competitive Comparison of Arla Plast AB's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Arla Plast AB'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.


Arla Plast AB's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Arla Plast AB's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arla Plast AB's PB Ratio falls into.



Arla Plast AB 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.

Arla Plast AB's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=48.50/29.243
=1.66

* 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.


Arla Plast AB  (OSTO:ARPL) 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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Arla Plast AB Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Box 33, Borensberg, SWE, SE-591 06
Arla Plast AB is a extruders of plastic sheets in Europe. It offers plastic solid sheets and multiwall sheets in Polycarbonate, Polyethylene terephthalate glycol, ABS and other materials.

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