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XCounter AB (OSTO:XCT) PB Ratio : 0.76 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is XCounter 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 (2024-05-20), XCounter AB's share price is kr15.40. XCounter AB's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was kr20.14. Hence, XCounter AB's PB Ratio of today is 0.76.

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

OSTO:XCT's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 2.28
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


XCounter AB PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for XCounter 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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XCounter AB PB Ratio Chart

XCounter AB Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - - - 0.80 0.81

XCounter AB Quarterly Data
Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12
PB Ratio 1.05 1.03 1.25 1.01 0.87

Competitive Comparison of XCounter AB's PB Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, XCounter 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.


XCounter AB's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, XCounter AB's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



XCounter 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.

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

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2012)
=15.40/20.136
=0.76

* 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.


XCounter AB  (OSTO:XCT) 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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