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Century Paper & Board Mills (KAR:CEPB) PB Ratio : 0.97 (As of May. 29, 2024)


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What is Century Paper & Board Mills 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 (2024-05-29), Century Paper & Board Mills's share price is ₨33.36. Century Paper & Board Mills's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨34.30. Hence, Century Paper & Board Mills's PB Ratio of today is 0.97.

The historical rank and industry rank for Century Paper & Board Mills's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

KAR:CEPB' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.59   Med: 1.55   Max: 3
Current: 0.97

During the past 13 years, Century Paper & Board Mills's highest PB Ratio was 3.00. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 1.55.

KAR:CEPB's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
50.53% of 283 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.96 vs KAR:CEPB: 0.97

During the past 12 months, Century Paper & Board Mills's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 20.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Century Paper & Board Mills was 25.50% per year. The lowest was -0.20% per year. And the median was 9.90% per year.

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Century Paper & Board Mills PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Century Paper & Board Mills'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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Century Paper & Board Mills PB Ratio Chart

Century Paper & Board Mills Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.74 1.39 2.09 1.03 0.87

Century Paper & Board Mills 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 0.81 0.87 0.78 0.97 0.84

Competitive Comparison of Century Paper & Board Mills's PB Ratio

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Century Paper & Board Mills'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.


Century Paper & Board Mills's PB Ratio Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Century Paper & Board Mills's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Century Paper & Board Mills's PB Ratio falls into.



Century Paper & Board Mills 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.

Century Paper & Board Mills's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=33.36/34.304
=0.97

* 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.


Century Paper & Board Mills  (KAR:CEPB) 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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Century Paper & Board Mills (KAR:CEPB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Sarwar Shaheed Road, Lakson Square, Building No. 2, Karachi, SD, PAK, 74200
Century Paper & Board Mills Ltd is a Pakistan-based company engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of paper, board, and related products. Its product portfolio consists of Coated Brand, Uncoated Brand, MF Paper, MG Paper, Corrugated Boxes, and others. Geographically, it generates the vast majority of the revenue from Pakistan and also exports to Afghanistan and Dubai.

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