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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (BOM:524230) PB Ratio : 1.69 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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 (2024-05-17), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's share price is ₹144.40. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹85.31. Hence, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's PB Ratio of today is 1.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BOM:524230' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 1.18   Max: 1.87
Current: 1.65

During the past 13 years, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's highest PB Ratio was 1.87. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 1.18.

BOM:524230's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
56.85% of 241 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 1.47 vs BOM:524230: 1.65

During the past 12 months, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers was 12.90% per year. The lowest was 2.00% per year. And the median was 7.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers'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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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers PB Ratio Chart

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.07 0.49 1.28 1.27 1.15

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 - 1.15 - 1.48 -

Competitive Comparison of Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's PB Ratio

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers'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.


Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's PB Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's PB Ratio falls into.



Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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.

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=144.40/85.313
=1.69

* 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.


Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers  (BOM:524230) 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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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (BOM:524230) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Mahul Road, Administrative Building, Chembur, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400074
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of fertilizers and industrial chemicals. It produces urea, complex fertilizers, bio-fertilizers, micro-nutrients, water-soluble fertilizers, soil conditioners, and a wide range of industrial chemicals and also manufactures basic chemicals. It is also engaged in the production of SSP and sale of imported fertilizer inputs such as DAP, MOP, and NPK fertilizers. the company products also include methanol, Gypsum, Chalk etc. The companies operate into two segments; Fertilizers and Industrial Products. It generates a majority of its revenue from Fertilizers. Geographically, it operates within India and outside India and generates a majority of its revenue from India.

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