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Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co (ROCO:4527) PB Ratio : 2.32 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co 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), Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's share price is NT$45.90. Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$19.81. Hence, Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's PB Ratio of today is 2.32.

Warning Sign:

Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=2.32) is close to 10-year high of 2.4

The historical rank and industry rank for Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ROCO:4527' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.18   Med: 1.64   Max: 2.4
Current: 2.32

During the past 13 years, Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's highest PB Ratio was 2.40. The lowest was 1.18. And the median was 1.64.

ROCO:4527's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
60.77% of 2391 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs ROCO:4527: 2.32

During the past 12 months, Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co was 10.10% per year. The lowest was 1.00% per year. And the median was 4.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co'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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Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co PB Ratio Chart

Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.36 1.46 1.46 1.42 1.69

Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.66 1.73 1.77 1.69 2.06

Competitive Comparison of Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's PB Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co'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.


Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co 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.

Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=45.90/19.808
=2.32

* 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.


Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co  (ROCO:4527) 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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Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co (ROCO:4527) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No.336, Chihkan North Road, Tzu Kuan Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, TWN
Kuen Ling Machinery Refrigerating Co Ltd is a manufacturer of air-conditioning and frozen equipment. Its products are water-cooled centrifugal, screw type, flooded type chiller units, air-cooled chiller unit, computer room packaged chiller units, thermal storage ice tank, and vacuum freeze-dried equipment. There are three segments of the Group, which are operation bases in Taiwan, Mainland China and Vietnam regions.

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