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CIMC-TianDa Price/Book

What is the Price/Book of CIMC-TianDa?

The Price/Book of CIMC-TianDa Holdings Company Limited is 1.28

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 CIMC-TianDa do?

CIMC-TianDa Holdings Company Limited, an investment holding company, manufactures and sells airport equipment in the People's Republic of China, rest of Asia, North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Oceania. It operates through four segments: Passengers Boarding Bridge and Automated Parking System, Ground Support Equipment, Logistics System Business, Fire Engines and Fire Prevention and Fighting Equipment. It manufactures and sells passenger boarding bridges for connecting airport terminals to commercial aircraft, as well as automated vehicle parking systems, such as vertical lifting parking systems, aisle stacking parking systems, vertical and horizontal carriage parking systems, and lift-only parking systems; and manufactures and repairs airport group support equipment comprising airport apron buses, aircraft catering vehicles, cargo loaders, and other specialised vehicles. The company also offers engineering and computer software solutions for baggage, cargos, and materials handling and warehousing systems; and produces and sells fire engines, and fire prevention and fighting equipment. In addition, it offers maintenance and other specialised business services for airport and harbour equipment, as well as infrastructural engineering and maintenance services; sells and distributes passenger boarding bridge and ground support equipment, modern logistics automation system, and high speed sorting systems; supplies and maintains airport logistics systems and equipment; provides sale and technical services of automatic parking system and equipment, mechanical products, metal structural parts, self-produced products, and agent products; and develops and sale of air conditioning equipment. The company is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. CIMC-TianDa Holdings Company Limited is a subsidiary of China International Marine Containers (Hong Kong) Limited.

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