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Bank of Valletta (MAL:BOV) PB Ratio : 0.65 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Bank of Valletta 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 (2024-05-20), Bank of Valletta's share price is €1.42. Bank of Valletta's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.17. Hence, Bank of Valletta's PB Ratio of today is 0.65.

Good Sign:

Bank of Valletta PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.65) is close to 1-year low of 0.6

The historical rank and industry rank for Bank of Valletta's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MAL:BOV' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 0.89   Max: 1.44
Current: 0.65

During the past 13 years, Bank of Valletta's highest PB Ratio was 1.44. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 0.89.

MAL:BOV's PB Ratio is ranked better than
72.7% of 1458 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.86 vs MAL:BOV: 0.65

During the past 12 months, Bank of Valletta's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Bank of Valletta was 10.50% per year. The lowest was -1.50% per year. And the median was 5.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Bank of Valletta PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bank of Valletta'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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Bank of Valletta PB Ratio Chart

Bank of Valletta Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.58 0.51 0.47 0.43 0.65

Bank of Valletta Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.47 0.51 0.43 0.59 0.65

Competitive Comparison of Bank of Valletta's PB Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Bank of Valletta'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.


Bank of Valletta's PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Bank of Valletta's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bank of Valletta's PB Ratio falls into.



Bank of Valletta 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.

Bank of Valletta's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=1.42/2.171
=0.65

* 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.


Bank of Valletta  (MAL:BOV) 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.


Bank of Valletta PB Ratio Related Terms

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Bank of Valletta (MAL:BOV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
58, Triq San Zakkarija, Il-Belt, Valletta, MLT, VLT1130
Bank of Valletta PLC is a public limited company. It provides investment services business. It also provides retail banking services as well as the sale of financial products such as units in collective investment schemes. The group has operating segments which consist of Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Business Banking, Treasury, Associates and Others. The group earns the majority of its revenue from Business Banking. Interest income is the main revenue generating activity.

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