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China Literature (HKSE:00772) PB Ratio : 1.48 (As of May. 06, 2024)


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What is China Literature 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 (2024-05-06), China Literature's share price is HK$30.10. China Literature's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$20.33. Hence, China Literature's PB Ratio of today is 1.48.

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

HKSE:00772' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 1.86   Max: 15.71
Current: 1.48

During the past 10 years, China Literature's highest PB Ratio was 15.71. The lowest was 0.99. And the median was 1.86.

HKSE:00772's PB Ratio is ranked better than
59.93% of 544 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 1.94 vs HKSE:00772: 1.48

During the past 12 months, China Literature's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.00% per year.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of China Literature was 58.40% per year. The lowest was -3.70% per year. And the median was 4.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


China Literature PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Literature'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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China Literature PB Ratio Chart

China Literature 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 1.52 3.45 2.38 1.53 1.43

China Literature Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 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 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 2.38 1.88 1.53 1.65 1.43

Competitive Comparison of China Literature's PB Ratio

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, China Literature'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.


China Literature's PB Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, China Literature's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Literature's PB Ratio falls into.



China Literature 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.

China Literature's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=30.10/20.333
=1.48

* 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.


China Literature  (HKSE:00772) 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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China Literature (HKSE:00772) Business Description

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No. 5169 Binjiang Avenue, N3 Lujiazui Binjiang Center, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, CHN, 200135
China Literature Ltd is an investment holding company. The company along with its subsidiaries provides online reading services, copyright commercialization, writer cultivation and brokerage, and operation of text work reading. It generates its revenue from Online reading through self-owned platform products. it operates in two segments: Online business and Intellectual property operations and others. The Online business segment that derives the majority of revenue comprises online paid reading, online advertising, and game publishing. The Intellectual property operations and others segment includes licensing and distribution of film and television properties, copyrights licensing, sales of adaptation rights and scripts, sales of physical books, in-house online games operations.

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