Sword Group (XPAR:SWP) PB Ratio : 3.30 (As of May. 16, 2024)

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What is Sword Group 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 (2024-05-16), Sword Group's share price is €36.55. Sword Group's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €11.08. Hence, Sword Group's PB Ratio of today is 3.30.

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

XPAR:SWP' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78 Med: 2.09 Max: 5.26
Current: 3.3

During the past 13 years, Sword Group's highest PB Ratio was 5.26. The lowest was 0.78. And the median was 2.09.

XPAR:SWP's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
58.98% of 2577 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs XPAR:SWP: 3.30

During the past 12 months, Sword Group's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -7.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Sword Group was 32.10% per year. The lowest was -23.70% per year. And the median was -0.40% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Sword Group PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sword Group's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Sword Group PB Ratio Chart

Sword Group Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

PB Ratio

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2.21

2.23

4.48

3.73

3.60

Sword Group Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.48	3.43	3.73	3.98	3.60

Competitive Comparison of Sword Group's PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sword Group'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.

Sword Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sword Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sword Group's PB Ratio falls into.

Sword Group 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.

Sword Group's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	36.55	/	11.078
	=	3.30

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

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.

Sword Group (XPAR:SWP) 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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Sword Group (XPAR:SWP) Business Description

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9RS:Germany

Address

2, rue d’Arlon, Windhof, LUX, L-8399

Website

http://www.sword-group.com

Sword Group is a computer engineering services company which provides consulting, services and software. The firm's main business segments are IT Services and Software. These segments encompass information and content engineering systems integration, targeting of regulated markets, compliance management, software for risk and compliance, document and project management. The firm generates revenues mainly from consultancy and engineering services and sale of software licenses. Its targeted markets are institutions and government authorities, healthcare, banking and insurance, intellectual property and sports federations.