Sierra Wireless (Sierra Wireless) PB Ratio : 4.41 (As of May. 11, 2024)

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What is Sierra Wireless 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 (2024-05-11), Sierra Wireless's share price is $30.99. Sierra Wireless's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $7.03. Hence, Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio of today is 4.41.

Warning Sign:

Sierra Wireless Inc stock PB Ratio (=4.4) is close to 10-year high of 4.56

The historical rank and industry rank for Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SWIR' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55 Med: 1.53 Max: 4.56
Current: 4.4

During the past 13 years, Sierra Wireless's highest PB Ratio was 4.56. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 1.53.

SWIR's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.88 vs SWIR: 4.40

During the past 12 months, Sierra Wireless's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -17.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -9.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Sierra Wireless was 31.30% per year. The lowest was -17.20% per year. And the median was 1.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Sierra Wireless PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Sierra Wireless PB Ratio Chart

Sierra Wireless Annual Data

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1.56

1.09

0.91

1.50

2.39

Sierra Wireless Quarterly Data
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PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.02	2.39	2.57	3.24	4.33

Competitive Comparison of Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Sierra Wireless'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.

Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio falls into.

Sierra Wireless 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.

Sierra Wireless's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2022)
	=	30.99	/	7.034
	=	4.41

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.

Sierra Wireless (NAS:SWIR) 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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Sierra Wireless (Sierra Wireless) Business Description

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Website

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Sierra Wireless Inc is a wireless communication equipment designer and provider of Device-To-Cloud Internet-of-Things solutions. The company's product and services portfolio contain products such as high-speed cellular modules and services such as connectivity services, cloud platforms, and cellular gateways, among others. It operates through two business segments: Internet of Things solutions and Embedded broadband. The vast majority of revenue comes from the company's embedded broadband segment, and more than half of its revenue is earned in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region.