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 (2024-04-18), Comcast's share price is $39.61. Comcast's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.79. Hence, Comcast's PB Ratio of today is 1.91.
Good Sign:
Comcast Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.88) is close to 1-year low of 1.88
The historical rank and industry rank for Comcast's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CMCSA'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.54 Med: 2.47 Max: 3.62
Current: 1.91
During the past 13 years, Comcast's highest PB Ratio was 3.62. The lowest was 1.54. And the median was 2.47.
CMCSA's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 55.07% of 365
companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.71
vs CMCSA: 1.91
During the past 12 months, Comcast's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Comcast was 152.30% per year. The lowest was -586.00% per year. And the median was 6.30% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Comcast PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Comcast'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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Comcast Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
PB Ratio
2.48
2.66
2.37
1.82
2.11
Comcast Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
PB Ratio
1.82
1.92
2.04
2.18
2.11
Competitive Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Comcast'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.
Comcast PB Ratio Distribution
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Comcast's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Comcast's PB Ratio falls into.
Comcast 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.
Comcast's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
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.
Comcast PB Ratio Related Terms
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Comcast is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to 62 million U.S. homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About 55% of the homes in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. Comcast acquired NBCUniversal from General Electric in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC broadcast network, the Peacock streaming platform, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Sky, acquired in 2018, is the dominant television provider in the U.K. and has invested heavily in proprietary content to build this position. Sky is also the largest pay-television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria.
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