Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co (HKSE:00050) PB Ratio : 0.22 (As of May. 14, 2024)

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What is Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) 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 (2024-05-14), Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's share price is HK$4.40. Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$19.57. Hence, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.22.

Good Sign:

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.22) is close to 10-year low of 0.22

The historical rank and industry rank for Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00050' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22 Med: 0.51 Max: 0.78
Current: 0.22

During the past 13 years, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's highest PB Ratio was 0.78. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 0.51.

HKSE:00050's PB Ratio is ranked better than
88.83% of 1754 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 0.81 vs HKSE:00050: 0.22

During the past 12 months, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co was 17.10% per year. The lowest was -21.00% per year. And the median was 3.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co PB Ratio Chart

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co Annual Data

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Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

PB Ratio

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0.41

0.37

0.33

0.39

0.23

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.33	0.41	0.39	0.28	0.23

Competitive Comparison of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) 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.

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio falls into.

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) 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.

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	4.40	/	19.565
	=	0.22

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co (HKSE:00050) 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.

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co PB Ratio Related Terms

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Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co (HKSE:00050) Business Description

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Address

98 Tam Kon Shan Road, TYTL 102, Ngau Kok Wan, North Tsing Yi, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG, TYTL 102

Website

https://www.hkf.com

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co Ltd is an investment holding company. It operates through four segments comprising Property development including the development and sale of properties; Property investment including rental income from the leasing of properties; Ferry, shipyard and related operations including income from the operation of dangerous goods vehicular ferry service and ship repairs and maintenance services and sales of goods on cruise vessels; and Securities investment segment which includes dividend, interest and other income from debt and equity securities investments. It derives a majority of the revenue from the Property investment segment. All of the group's revenue and profit from operations were derived from activities in Hong Kong.

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