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PICC Property and Casualty Co (HKSE:02328) PB Ratio : 0.88 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is PICC Property and Casualty Co 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 (2024-04-28), PICC Property and Casualty Co's share price is HK$10.04. PICC Property and Casualty Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$11.38. Hence, PICC Property and Casualty Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.88.

The historical rank and industry rank for PICC Property and Casualty Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:02328' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 0.84   Max: 0.97
Current: 0.88

During the past 13 years, PICC Property and Casualty Co's highest PB Ratio was 0.97. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 0.84.

HKSE:02328's PB Ratio is ranked better than
68.18% of 484 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.22 vs HKSE:02328: 0.88

During the past 12 months, PICC Property and Casualty Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of PICC Property and Casualty Co was 30.90% per year. The lowest was 4.10% per year. And the median was 13.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


PICC Property and Casualty Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for PICC Property and Casualty Co'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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PICC Property and Casualty Co PB Ratio Chart

PICC Property and Casualty Co 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 1.10 0.59 0.55 0.67 0.82

PICC Property and Casualty Co Quarterly Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 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 - 0.67 0.78 - 0.82

Competitive Comparison of PICC Property and Casualty Co's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, PICC Property and Casualty Co'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.


PICC Property and Casualty Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, PICC Property and Casualty Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where PICC Property and Casualty Co's PB Ratio falls into.



PICC Property and Casualty Co 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.

PICC Property and Casualty Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=10.04/11.38
=0.88

* 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.


PICC Property and Casualty Co  (HKSE:02328) 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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PICC Property and Casualty Co (HKSE:02328) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Tower 2, No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
Headquartered in Beijing, PICC P&C is China's largest nonlife insurer, commanding over 33% market share in the country. It was founded by the People's Bank of China in 1949. The company is a flagship subsidiary of the PICC Group, a state-owned insurance group, which owns 69% of PICC P&C. The company offers a wide range of nonlife insurance products, including auto, commercial property, liability, credit and surety bond, accidents and health, energy and aerospace, and agricultural insurance.

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