Dis-Chem Pharmacies (JSE:DCP) PB Ratio : 6.91 (As of May. 17, 2024)

Dis-Chem Pharmacies PB Ratio Chart

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Annual Data
	Trend	Feb14	Feb15	Feb16	Feb17	Feb18	Feb19	Feb20	Feb21	Feb22	Feb23
PB Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					11.77	8.25	6.62	8.95	5.96

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Semi-Annual Data
	Feb14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														8.77	8.95	8.12	5.96	4.91

Competitive Comparison of Dis-Chem Pharmacies's PB Ratio

For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Dis-Chem Pharmacies'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.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies's PB Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Dis-Chem Pharmacies's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dis-Chem Pharmacies's PB Ratio falls into.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies 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.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

* 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.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies  (JSE:DCP) 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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