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 (2024-05-01), WestRock Co's share price is $47.90. WestRock Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $39.56. Hence, WestRock Co's PB Ratio of today is 1.21.
The historical rank and industry rank for WestRock Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
WRK'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55 Med: 1.11 Max: 2.04
Current: 1.21
During the past 13 years, WestRock Co's highest PB Ratio was 2.04. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 1.11.
WRK's PB Ratio is ranked better than 54.79% of 376
companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 1.37
vs WRK: 1.21
During the past 12 months, WestRock Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -12.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of WestRock Co was 41.90% per year. The lowest was -1.60% per year. And the median was 7.30% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
WestRock Co PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for WestRock 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.
For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, WestRock 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.
WestRock Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry
For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, WestRock Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where WestRock Co's PB Ratio falls into.
WestRock 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.
WestRock Co'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.
WestRock Co PB Ratio Related Terms
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WestRock manufactures corrugated packaging and consumer packaging, such as folding cartons and paperboard. After the merger of RockTenn and MeadWestvaco in fall 2015, WestRock became the largest North American producer of solid bleached sulfate and the second-largest producer of containerboard, which is used in the production of shipping containers.
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