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Yang Ming Marine Transport (TPE:2609) PB Ratio : 0.64 (As of May. 07, 2024)


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What is Yang Ming Marine Transport 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 (2024-05-07), Yang Ming Marine Transport's share price is NT$50.60. Yang Ming Marine Transport's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$79.32. Hence, Yang Ming Marine Transport's PB Ratio of today is 0.64.

The historical rank and industry rank for Yang Ming Marine Transport's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:2609' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.51   Med: 1.1   Max: 8.14
Current: 0.64

During the past 13 years, Yang Ming Marine Transport's highest PB Ratio was 8.14. The lowest was 0.51. And the median was 1.10.

TPE:2609's PB Ratio is ranked better than
81.79% of 928 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.32 vs TPE:2609: 0.64

During the past 12 months, Yang Ming Marine Transport's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -19.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 91.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 83.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Yang Ming Marine Transport was 149.40% per year. The lowest was -26.70% per year. And the median was -5.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Yang Ming Marine Transport PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yang Ming Marine Transport'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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Yang Ming Marine Transport PB Ratio Chart

Yang Ming Marine Transport 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 1.14 2.60 1.81 0.67 0.65

Yang Ming Marine Transport Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 0.67 0.65 0.79 0.56 0.65

Competitive Comparison of Yang Ming Marine Transport's PB Ratio

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Yang Ming Marine Transport'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.


Yang Ming Marine Transport's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Yang Ming Marine Transport's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yang Ming Marine Transport's PB Ratio falls into.



Yang Ming Marine Transport 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.

Yang Ming Marine Transport's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=50.60/79.316
=0.64

* 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.


Yang Ming Marine Transport  (TPE:2609) 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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Yang Ming Marine Transport (TPE:2609) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 271, Ming De 1st Road, Qidu District, Keelung, TWN, 206
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp is a transportation and logistics company that is headquartered in Taiwan and operates in the container shipping industry. The company has three segments: containership, bulk shipping, and others. It generates revenue from contracts with customers for providing domestic and overseas marine container shipping and passenger services. The company also earns revenue from operating leases on ships, containers, and warehouses. It earns the largest portion of its sales from customers in America, followed by Europe and Asia.

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