THEMES · LOW PBR
Low-PBR stocks
PBR (price to book ratio) is the share price divided by net assets per share, showing how many times its net assets the price trades at. Below 1 means the market capitalization is lower than the book value of the assets.
Stocks in this theme
By PBRThere is often a reason for a low PBR. Industries with low returns on assets or difficult conditions can trade low for long periods, so it is worth reading together with profitability measures such as ROE. Below are the stocks in order of current PBR, lowest first. It is a list sorted by a metric, not a suggestion to trade.
| Rank | Grade | Stock | PBR | Overall score | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Lotte Chemical | 0.13x | 34 | -6.09% |
| 2 | B | Hanwha | 0.14x | 53 | -4.70% |
| 3 | C | Lotte Shopping | 0.16x | 38 | -9.35% |
| 4 | C | Hyundai Steel | 0.20x | 41 | -4.60% |
| 5 | C | CJ | 0.21x | 37 | -2.87% |
| 6 | C | CJ CheilJedang | 0.24x | 36 | -0.16% |
| 7 | C | Lotte | 0.24x | 34 | -1.78% |
| 8 | C | Hanwha Life Insurance | 0.25x | 34 | -2.42% |
| 9 | D | KOGAS | 0.31x | 24 | -0.69% |
| 10 | B | Hyundai G.F. Holdings | 0.32x | 63 | -2.57% |
| 11 | C | POSCO Holdings | 0.37x | 46 | -7.12% |
| 12 | C | KEPCO | 0.38x | 49 | -3.60% |
| 13 | C | LG Chem | 0.39x | 34 | -7.48% |
| 14 | B | BNK Financial Group | 0.40x | 55 | -3.41% |
| 15 | B | Industrial Bank of Korea | 0.42x | 55 | -0.15% |
| 16 | B | iM Financial Group | 0.43x | 54 | -0.66% |
| 17 | A | Youngone Holdings | 0.43x | 78 | -0.85% |
| 18 | C | Shinsegae | 0.44x | 40 | -8.51% |
| 19 | C | GS Engineering & Construction | 0.44x | 36 | -6.04% |
| 20 | C | DL E&C | 0.44x | 45 | -5.81% |
| 21 | B | HD Hyundai | 0.45x | 57 | -5.98% |
| 22 | C | SK | 0.46x | 44 | -11.81% |
| 23 | B | Kumho Petrochemical | 0.46x | 55 | -2.91% |
| 24 | C | KCC | 0.47x | 49 | -6.16% |
Which slice of the market this list takes
This list is the top 24 stocks by PBR. The PBR values on it run from 0.13x to the cutoff of 0.47x.
Of the 24 stocks with a known sector, Financials has the most with 10, followed by Materials with 7, Consumer cyclical with 2. Because the list is filtered on one metric only, its sector mix can differ from the market as a whole.
How this list’s grade mix differs from the market
The grades of the 24 stocks on the list are set beside the grade mix of all the major stocks Jupick scores. The overall score uses the same reference lines regardless of market or currency, so Korean and overseas stocks share one sample.
The share of S and A grades is 4.2% on this list and 29.1% across the market. The largest differences are a 44.7 percentage point higher share of grade C and a 22.4 percentage point lower share of grade A.
The bars below show the list’s share, and the vertical line over each is the market-wide share of the same grade. Both use the whole sample as 100%, so the tracks do not fill to the end.
- SList 0 · 0%Market 2.5%-2.5%p
- AList 1 · 4.2%Market 26.6%-22.4%p
- BList 7 · 29.2%Market 49.1%-19.9%p
- CList 15 · 62.5%Market 17.8%+44.7%p
- DList 1 · 4.2%Market 4%+0.2%p
A grade combines nine metrics across earnings, financial health and dividends, so it is not decided by the single metric that filtered this list. The market-wide share also includes the 24 stocks on this list, so differences look smaller by the 6% of the whole that the list makes up. The shares here describe only the major stocks Jupick covers, not all listed stocks.
This list is sorted by a metric from public data and is provided for information. It is not a suggestion to trade any stock and not investment advice. Grades and metrics summarize the current state and do not forecast future returns.