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Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower (SHSE:600025) PB Ratio : 2.52 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower 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 (2024-05-05), Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's share price is ¥9.56. Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥3.80. Hence, Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's PB Ratio of today is 2.52.

Warning Sign:

Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Inc stock PB Ratio (=2.52) is close to 10-year high of 2.72

The historical rank and industry rank for Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:600025' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.03   Med: 1.68   Max: 2.72
Current: 2.52

During the past 13 years, Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's highest PB Ratio was 2.72. The lowest was 1.03. And the median was 1.68.

SHSE:600025's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
76.81% of 414 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 1.255 vs SHSE:600025: 2.52

During the past 12 months, Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower was 16.10% per year. The lowest was 3.00% per year. And the median was 9.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower'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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Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower PB Ratio Chart

Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.38 1.30 1.84 1.65 2.31

Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower 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 1.86 1.90 2.07 2.31 2.52

Competitive Comparison of Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower'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.


Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's PB Ratio falls into.



Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower 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.

Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=9.56/3.796
=2.52

* 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.


Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower  (SHSE:600025) 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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Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower (SHSE:600025) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 1 Century City Middle Road, Guandu District, Kunming, CHN, 650214
Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Inc is engaged in the development and operation of Lancang River and the surrounding areas of hydropower resources. The company is also engaged in the exploration of solar photovoltaic, wind power, shale gas and other new energy construction.

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