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American Potash (American Potash) PB Ratio : 4.71 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is American Potash 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 (2024-05-11), American Potash's share price is $0.0377. American Potash's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.01. Hence, American Potash's PB Ratio of today is 4.71.

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

APCOF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 8.89   Max: 83.33
Current: 4.55

During the past 13 years, American Potash's highest PB Ratio was 83.33. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 8.89.

APCOF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
83.86% of 2391 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.42 vs APCOF: 4.55

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of American Potash was 85.60% per year. The lowest was -69.00% per year. And the median was 3.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


American Potash PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Potash'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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American Potash PB Ratio Chart

American Potash 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 1.67 - 10.14 2.27 7.21

American Potash Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 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 - - 7.21 4.14 4.38

Competitive Comparison of American Potash's PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, American Potash'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.


American Potash's PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, American Potash's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Potash's PB Ratio falls into.



American Potash 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.

American Potash's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jan. 2024)
=0.0377/0.008
=4.71

* 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.


American Potash  (OTCPK:APCOF) 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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American Potash (American Potash) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1199 West Hastings Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3T5
American Potash Corp is a Canada-based mineral exploration company. It is engaged in discovering and developing critical minerals in the United States, including potash, bromine and lithium. The company's principal projects include the Paradox Basin Brine and Potash Project and Green River Potash and Lithium Project.

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