The Price/Book of Eguarantee Inc. is N/A
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.
eGuarantee, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in undertaking and transferring credit risks in Japan. It offers services for commercial companies that include guarantee services against sales credit, contractor credit, and various other credits, as well as guarantee services by debtor's trust. The company also provides services for financial institutions, including services to reassure the guarantee of sales credit, guarantee services against credit backed by accounts receivables, guarantee services against advance payment credit, guarantee services related to company acquisition, and services related to DIP financing. In addition, it offers services to undertake export credit and services for international companies. The company provides its services through a sales network of 50 local banks and 36 financial institutions. eGuarantee, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.