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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (XBRU:GBLB) PB Ratio : 0.60 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Groupe Bruxelles Lambert 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 (2024-05-03), Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's share price is €69.90. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €115.83. Hence, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's PB Ratio of today is 0.60.

Good Sign:

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA stock PB Ratio (=0.6) is close to 3-year low of 0.58

The historical rank and industry rank for Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XBRU:GBLB' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.49   Med: 0.82   Max: 0.94
Current: 0.6

During the past 13 years, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's highest PB Ratio was 0.94. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 0.82.

XBRU:GBLB's PB Ratio is ranked better than
86.25% of 1694 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.94 vs XBRU:GBLB: 0.60

During the past 12 months, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.60% 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 Groupe Bruxelles Lambert was 27.90% per year. The lowest was -7.70% per year. And the median was 3.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Groupe Bruxelles Lambert PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Groupe Bruxelles Lambert'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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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert PB Ratio Chart

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert 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 0.74 0.66 0.73 0.71 0.61

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert 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 - 0.61 -

Competitive Comparison of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert'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.


Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's PB Ratio falls into.



Groupe Bruxelles Lambert 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.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=69.90/115.834
=0.60

* 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.


Groupe Bruxelles Lambert  (XBRU:GBLB) 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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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (XBRU:GBLB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
24, Avenue Marnix, Brussels, BEL, B-1000
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA is an investment holding company, operates as a foremost investor in Europe, focused on long-term value creation. The business activities of the firm are operated through Holding, Imerys, Webhelp/Sapiens, Canyon/GfG CapitaL, and Sienna Investment Managers. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Europe and also has a presence in Asia-Oceania; North America, and other countries.

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