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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (TPE:1326) PB Ratio : 0.96 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Formosa Chemicals & Fibre 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), Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's share price is NT$55.80. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$58.00. Hence, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's PB Ratio of today is 0.96.

Good Sign:

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp stock PB Ratio (=0.93) is close to 10-year low of 0.9

The historical rank and industry rank for Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1326' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.9   Med: 1.5   Max: 1.97
Current: 0.96

During the past 13 years, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's highest PB Ratio was 1.97. The lowest was 0.90. And the median was 1.50.

TPE:1326's PB Ratio is ranked better than
75.99% of 1533 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs TPE:1326: 0.96

During the past 12 months, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Formosa Chemicals & Fibre was 11.70% per year. The lowest was -2.90% per year. And the median was 3.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre PB Ratio Chart

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre 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 1.44 1.44 1.21 1.26 1.07

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 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 1.26 1.21 1.19 1.07 1.07

Competitive Comparison of Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's PB Ratio

For the Chemicals subindustry, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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.


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's PB Ratio falls into.



Formosa Chemicals & Fibre 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.

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=55.80/58.003
=0.96

* 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.


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre  (TPE:1326) 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.


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre PB Ratio Related Terms

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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (TPE:1326) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Dunhua North Road, Number 201, Songshan District, Taipei, TWN, 105
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, plastics-based products, and textiles. The Company has eight business divisions, namely First Chemical Division, Petrochemicals Division, Third Chemical Division, Plastics Division, Textile Division, First Fiber Division, Second Fiber Division, and Engineering & Construction Division. The Company's businesses are production and sales of petrochemical products, including PTA, PS, AN, Butadiene, SM polymer, SM, benzene, toluene, pxylene (PX) and o-xylene (OX), as well as nylon fiber, and rayon staple fiber. The Company is also engaged in spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing.

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