The Price/Book of Banque nationale de Belgique Societe anonyme is 0.03
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.
Banque nationale de Belgique Société anonyme operates as the central bank of Belgium. The company's activities include determination and implementation of the Eurosystem's monetary policy; printing and issuing of notes and coins; collection, compilation, analysis, and distribution of economic and financial information; and promotion of monetary and financial stability. It also engages in the centralization of the revenue and expenditure of the federal state; administration of fines and settlements; combating money laundering; and international settlements. In addition, the company provides macro prudential and prudential supervision, oversight of financial market infrastructures and critical service providers, and crisis management services; and a range of services to individuals and schools, such as exchange of banknotes and coins, securities and coupons, central individual credit register for consumer credits and mortgage loans, and documentation base primarily specialized in economics, finance, and monetary policy, as well as collects and publishes annual accounts of Belgian enterprises. Further, it offers services to central banks comprising reserve management services, such as custody accounts and remuneration of the cash accounts to non-euro area countries, and central banks or monetary authorities, as well as international organization other than community institutions and bodies. The company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.