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Banque Cantonale de Geneve (XSWX:BCGE) PB Ratio : 1.10 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Banque Cantonale de Geneve 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 (2024-05-17), Banque Cantonale de Geneve's share price is CHF293.00. Banque Cantonale de Geneve's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF265.47. Hence, Banque Cantonale de Geneve's PB Ratio of today is 1.10.

Warning Sign:

Banque Cantonale de Geneve stock PB Ratio (=1.1) is close to 10-year high of 1.14

The historical rank and industry rank for Banque Cantonale de Geneve's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:BCGE' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 0.86   Max: 1.14
Current: 1.1

During the past 13 years, Banque Cantonale de Geneve's highest PB Ratio was 1.14. The lowest was 0.68. And the median was 0.86.

XSWX:BCGE's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
68.15% of 1457 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.86 vs XSWX:BCGE: 1.10

During the past 12 months, Banque Cantonale de Geneve's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% 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 6.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Banque Cantonale de Geneve was 22.00% per year. The lowest was 3.20% per year. And the median was 5.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Banque Cantonale de Geneve PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Banque Cantonale de Geneve'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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Banque Cantonale de Geneve PB Ratio Chart

Banque Cantonale de Geneve 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 0.98 0.76 0.72 0.75 0.85

Banque Cantonale de Geneve 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 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 0.72 0.76 0.75 0.86 0.85

Competitive Comparison of Banque Cantonale de Geneve's PB Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Banque Cantonale de Geneve'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.


Banque Cantonale de Geneve's PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Banque Cantonale de Geneve's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Banque Cantonale de Geneve's PB Ratio falls into.



Banque Cantonale de Geneve 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.

Banque Cantonale de Geneve's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=293.00/265.468
=1.10

* 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.


Banque Cantonale de Geneve  (XSWX:BCGE) 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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Banque Cantonale de Geneve (XSWX:BCGE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Quai de L'Ile 17, P.O. Box 2251, Geneva, CHE, 1211
Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE) is a Switzerland-based bank which provides the services of a regional full-service bank and has the particular role of contributing to the economic development of the canton and of the region. Its activities include providing mortgage lending and commercial and personal loans as well as loans for international trade. The group is also active in online banking as well as asset management and manages public offerings and placements in the financial markets.

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