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Postal Savings Bank of China Co Price/Book

What is the Price/Book of Postal Savings Bank of China Co?

The Price/Book of Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. is 0.43

What is the definition of Price/Book?



Price to book ratio represents the ratio between a company’s stock value and the book value per share.

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The price to book ratio, or P/B ratio, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's current market price to its book value. It is also sometimes known as a market to book ratio or price to equity ratio. The calculation of a price to book ratio can be performed in two ways. It can be calculated as the company's market capitalization divided by the company's total book value from its balance sheet. It can also be calculated using per-share values and dividing a company's current share price by the book value per share (i.e. its book value divided by the number of outstanding shares).

The P/B ratio varies between industries. The industries that require more infrastructure capital (for each dollar of profit) will usually trade at P/B ratios much lower than, for example, consulting firms. P/B ratios are commonly used to compare banks, because most assets and liabilities of banks are constantly valued at market values. A higher P/B ratio implies that investors expect management to create more value from a given set of assets, all else equal (and/or that the market value of the firm's assets is significantly higher than their accounting value).

P/B ratios do not, however, directly provide any information on the ability of the firm to generate profits or cash for shareholders. This ratio also gives some idea of whether an investor is paying too much for what would be left if the company went bankrupt immediately. For companies in distress, the book value is usually calculated without the intangible assets that would have no resale value. In such cases, P/B should also be calculated on a "diluted" basis, because stock options may well vest on sale of the company or change of control or firing of management.

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What does Postal Savings Bank of China Co do?

Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. provides various banking products and services for retail and corporate customers in the People's Republic of China. Its Personal Banking segment offers savings products, such as demand, time, personal call, time/demand optional, and foreign currency deposits; passbooks; certificate of deposits; micro, personal pledged, and personal business loans; debit and credit cards; wealth management products and funds; and insurance agency services. This segment is also involved in distribution of fund products, electronic bonds, and precious metals; and provides payment and collection agency, various settlement, domestic remittance and exchange, cross-border remittance, personal exchange settlement and sale, and foreign currency exchange services. The company's Corporate Banking segment provides time, demand, call, and negotiated deposits; working capital, fixed asset, trade finance, stock pledge, land reserve, syndicated, real estate development, property mortgage, and consignment loans; cash management services; negotiable instruments; trade finance and international settlement services; and financial markets services. Its Treasury segment offers interbank lending transactions, repurchase and resale transactions, debt instrument investments, equity instrument investment, investment banking, bond securities, and wealth management products, etc., as well as trades in financial products comprising money market, fixed income, and foreign exchange products, as well as derivatives and precious metals. The company also provides online, mobile, and self-service banking services. As of December 31, 2020, it had 39,631 outlets, including 8,568 directly operated outlets and 31,763 agency outlets. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of China Post Group Corporation.

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