Boliden AB (publ) engages in the exploring, extracting, and processing of base metals and precious metals in Sweden, other Nordic region, Germany, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Business Area Mines and Business Area Smelters. It explores for copper, zinc, nickel, lead, gold, silver, cobalt, tellurium, platinum, and palladium deposits. The company operates the Aitik, the Boliden Area, and Garpenberg mines in Sweden; the Tara mine in Ireland; and the Kevitsa mines in Finland. Its products include zinc and lead ingot, copper cathode, gold bar, and silver granule, and other products, such as sulphuric acid; copper, lead, nickel, and zinc concentrates; and by-products, including copper sulphate, zinc clinker, iron sand, copper telluride, selenium, nickel matte, and crude nickel sulphate, as well as palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium concentrates. The company sells its metals primarily to industrial customers, as well as construction, electronics, and automotive industries; and paper manufacturers. Boliden AB (publ) was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
P/B ratio for Boliden AB (publ) (BOL.ST)
P/B ratio as of 2023: 1.53
According to Boliden AB (publ)'s latest financial reports and stock price the company's current price-to-sales ratio (TTM) is 1.53. At the end of 2022 the company had a P/B ratio of 1.78.
P/B ratio history for Boliden AB (publ) from 1997 to 2023
P/B ratio at the end of each year
| Year | P/B ratio |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.53 |
| 2022 | 1.78 |
| 2021 | 1.75 |
| 2020 | 1.60 |
| 2019 | 1.50 |
| 2018 | 1.18 |
| 2017 | 1.99 |
| 2016 | 1.95 |
| 2015 | 1.33 |
| 2014 | 1.26 |
| 2013 | 1.03 |
| 2012 | 1.32 |
| 2011 | 1.15 |
| 2010 | 1.75 |
| 2009 | 1.37 |
| 2008 | 0.27 |
| 2007 | 1.53 |
| 2006 | 2.81 |
| 2005 | 1.61 |
| 2004 | 0.77 |
| 2003 | 0.55 |
| 2002 | 0.48 |
| 2001 | 1.47 |
| 2000 | 1.43 |
| 1999 | 0.51 |
| 1998 | 0.55 |
| 1997 | 0.51 |