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Steel & Tube Holdings (NZSE:STU) PB Ratio : 0.78 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Steel & Tube Holdings 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 (2024-05-23), Steel & Tube Holdings's share price is NZ$0.97. Steel & Tube Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$1.24. Hence, Steel & Tube Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 0.78.

Good Sign:

Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.81) is close to 3-year low of 0.79

The historical rank and industry rank for Steel & Tube Holdings's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NZSE:STU' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31   Med: 0.99   Max: 1.8
Current: 0.77

During the past 13 years, Steel & Tube Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 1.80. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 0.99.

NZSE:STU's PB Ratio is ranked better than
61.12% of 607 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 1.01 vs NZSE:STU: 0.77

During the past 12 months, Steel & Tube Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Steel & Tube Holdings was 115.50% per year. The lowest was -19.20% per year. And the median was 2.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Steel & Tube Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steel & Tube Holdings'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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Steel & Tube Holdings PB Ratio Chart

Steel & Tube Holdings 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 0.64 0.54 0.91 1.00 0.90

Steel & Tube Holdings 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 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 1.27 1.00 1.01 0.90 0.87

Competitive Comparison of Steel & Tube Holdings's PB Ratio

For the Steel subindustry, Steel & Tube Holdings'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.


Steel & Tube Holdings's PB Ratio Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Steel & Tube Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steel & Tube Holdings's PB Ratio falls into.



Steel & Tube Holdings 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.

Steel & Tube Holdings's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=0.97/1.24
=0.78

* 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.


Steel & Tube Holdings  (NZSE:STU) 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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Steel & Tube Holdings (NZSE:STU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
7 Bruce Roderick Drive, East Tamaki, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 2013
Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd is a New Zealand-based company. The company is a provider of steel solutions. It is a distributor and manufacturer of steel products including steel, stainless steel, architectural stainless, pipe, fittings and valves, pipe and cable supports, fastenings, roofing and cladding, and many more. The company's operating segments include Distribution and Infrastructure. It generates maximum revenue from the Distribution segment.

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