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Mega African Capital (XGHA:MAC) PB Ratio : 0.67 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Mega African Capital 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 (2024-05-25), Mega African Capital's share price is GHS5.38. Mega African Capital's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was GHS8.00. Hence, Mega African Capital's PB Ratio of today is 0.67.

Good Sign:

Mega African Capital Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.67) is close to 3-year low of 0.67

The historical rank and industry rank for Mega African Capital's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XGHA:MAC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67   Med: 0.67   Max: 0.72
Current: 0.67

During the past 3 years, Mega African Capital's highest PB Ratio was 0.72. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 0.67.

XGHA:MAC's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.95 vs XGHA:MAC: 0.67

During the past 12 months, Mega African Capital's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Mega African Capital PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mega African Capital'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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Mega African Capital PB Ratio Chart

Mega African Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
PB Ratio
- 0.72 0.67

Mega African Capital Semi-Annual Data
Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
PB Ratio - 0.72 0.67

Competitive Comparison of Mega African Capital's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Mega African Capital'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.


Mega African Capital's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Mega African Capital's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mega African Capital's PB Ratio falls into.



Mega African Capital 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.

Mega African Capital's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2022)
=5.38/7.998
=0.67

* 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.


Mega African Capital  (XGHA:MAC) 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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Mega African Capital (XGHA:MAC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Sunyani Avenue, The Alberts, 2nd Floor, No. 23 Kanda Estates, Kanda, Accra, GHA
Mega African Capital Ltd is an investment company. The company's objective is to seek exposure to the potential to generate high real returns. The company invests across three business lines namely, equity unlisted equity and real estate projects. The Company is authorized to undertake the Development, Purchase, Sales and Rental of Real Estates; Investment In Equities; Fixed Income Investments; and Any other Financial Services.