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Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co (SZSE:000685) PB Ratio : 0.69 (As of May. 29, 2024)


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What is Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co 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 (2024-05-29), Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's share price is ¥7.73. Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥11.27. Hence, Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.69.

Good Sign:

Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.68) is close to 10-year low of 0.62

The historical rank and industry rank for Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:000685' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.62   Med: 0.98   Max: 3.9
Current: 0.69

During the past 13 years, Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's highest PB Ratio was 3.90. The lowest was 0.62. And the median was 0.98.

SZSE:000685's PB Ratio is ranked better than
81.18% of 510 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.41 vs SZSE:000685: 0.69

During the past 12 months, Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co was 99.70% per year. The lowest was -11.90% per year. And the median was 6.65% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co'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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Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co PB Ratio Chart

Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co 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 0.93 0.87 0.86 0.66 0.66

Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co 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 0.65 0.70 0.68 0.66 0.68

Competitive Comparison of Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co'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.


Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co 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.

Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=7.73/11.274
=0.69

* 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.


Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co  (SZSE:000685) 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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Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co (SZSE:000685) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
18 Xingzhong Road, North Block, Caixing Building, Zhongshan, Guangdong, CHN, 528403
Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co Ltd is engaged in providing integrated environmental protection services for urban water supply and wastewater treatment. The company also deals in agricultural products, financial products, transport services, construction of municipal utilities, and solid waste treatment.
Executives
Chen Xiao Hong Executives
Liu Xue Tao Directors, executives
Lu Yi Liao Director
Zhang Lei Directors, executives
Ceng Zhi Yao Supervisors

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