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Spire (SPIR) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Spire 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 (2024-04-30), Spire's share price is $5.57. Spire's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was $-0.76. Hence, Spire's PB Ratio of today is .

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

SPIR's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 2.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Spire PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spire'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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Spire PB Ratio Chart

Spire Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
PB Ratio
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Spire Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
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Competitive Comparison of Spire's PB Ratio

For the Solar subindustry, Spire'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.


Spire's PB Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Spire's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Spire 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.

Spire's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2014)
=5.57/-0.756
=

* 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.


Spire  (OTCPK:SPIR) 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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Spire (SPIR) Business Description

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Address
One Patriots Park, Bedford, MA, USA, 01730-2396
Spire Corp and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market engineered products and services. The company operates in two business areas namely capital equipment for the photovoltaic solar industry and biomedical. Its photovoltaic solar area produces, assembles and sells specialized equipment for the production of terrestrial photovoltaic modules from solar cells. The biomedical area provides surface treatments to the manufacturers of orthopedic and other medical devices. Additionally, the company provides training and assistance with module certification and solar factory management services. Further, it offers its products geographically across countries like the United States, Asia, Europe and Africa, and internationally.
Executives
David Gelbaum 10 percent owner, other: Co-Trustee 2309 SANTIAGO DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Monica Chavez Gelbaum 10 percent owner, other: Co-Trustee 2309 SANTIAGO DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Quercus Trust 10 percent owner 2309 SANTIAGO DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Richard Thomley officer: CAO and Corporate Controller C/O PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 14 NORFOLK AVE., SOUTH EASTON MA 02375
James F Parslow officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O XENETIC BIOSCIENCES, INC., 99 HAYDEN AVENUE, SUITE 230, LEXINGTON MA 02421