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Kakao Games (XKRX:293490) PB Ratio : 1.27 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Kakao Games 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 (2024-05-15), Kakao Games's share price is ₩21700.00. Kakao Games's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩17,123.80. Hence, Kakao Games's PB Ratio of today is 1.27.

Good Sign:

Kakao Games Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.27) is close to 5-year low of 1.15

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

XKRX:293490' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.15   Med: 2.29   Max: 12.28
Current: 1.27

During the past 9 years, Kakao Games's highest PB Ratio was 12.28. The lowest was 1.15. And the median was 2.29.

XKRX:293490's PB Ratio is ranked better than
65.44% of 544 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 1.96 vs XKRX:293490: 1.27

During the past 12 months, Kakao Games's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -17.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 24.70% per year.

During the past 9 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Kakao Games was 52.10% per year. The lowest was -83.30% per year. And the median was 29.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Kakao Games PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kakao Games'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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Kakao Games PB Ratio Chart

Kakao Games Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - 3.39 3.35 2.16 1.51

Kakao Games 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 2.16 2.03 1.59 1.26 1.51

Competitive Comparison of Kakao Games's PB Ratio

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Kakao Games'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.


Kakao Games's PB Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Kakao Games's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kakao Games's PB Ratio falls into.



Kakao Games 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.

Kakao Games's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=21700.00/17123.802
=1.27

* 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.


Kakao Games  (XKRX:293490) 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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Kakao Games (XKRX:293490) Business Description

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152, Pangyoyeok-ro 152, Bundang-gu, Alpha Dome Tower 14th Floor, Gyeonggi-do, Seongnam-si, KOR, 13529
Kakao Games Corp is engaged in the business of developing and publishing Mobile and PC games.

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