John Wood Group (LSE:WG.) PB Ratio : 0.36 (As of May. 06, 2024)

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What is John Wood Group 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), John Wood Group's share price is £1.52. John Wood Group's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £4.18. Hence, John Wood Group's PB Ratio of today is 0.36.

The historical rank and industry rank for John Wood Group's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:WG.' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25 Med: 1.07 Max: 2.44
Current: 0.36

During the past 13 years, John Wood Group's highest PB Ratio was 2.44. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 1.07.

LSE:WG.'s PB Ratio is ranked better than
90.86% of 996 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.23 vs LSE:WG.: 0.36

During the past 12 months, John Wood Group's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of John Wood Group was 37.00% per year. The lowest was -6.20% per year. And the median was 8.25% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

John Wood Group PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for John Wood Group's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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John Wood Group PB Ratio Chart

John Wood Group Annual Data

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Dec15

Dec16

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Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

PB Ratio

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0.81

0.69

0.43

0.31

0.41

John Wood Group 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															0.43	0.32	0.31	0.32	0.41

Competitive Comparison of John Wood Group's PB Ratio

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, John Wood Group'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.

John Wood Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, John Wood Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where John Wood Group's PB Ratio falls into.

John Wood Group 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.

John Wood Group's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	1.52	/	4.179
	=	0.36

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.

John Wood Group (LSE:WG.) 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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John Wood Group (LSE:WG.) Business Description

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15 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen, GBR, AB11 6EQ

Website

https://www.woodplc.com

John Wood Group Plc is an energy-services company that provides a range of engineering, production, and technical solutions for the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas sectors. Operations are divided into four segments: Asset Solutions EAAA, Asset Solutions America, Technical Consulting Solutions, and Investment Solutions. The company provides services to the oil and gas sector through brownfield engineering and modifications, production enhancement, operations and maintenance, and facility construction and maintenance management. A vast majority of the revenue is generated by the Asset Solutions EAAA and Asset Solutions America's segment combined, and the company's revenue is earned in the United States.

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