B (B) Stock

About B

B is led by CEO Mark F. Hill, employs 27,000 people, headquartered in Toronto, CA, publicly traded since 1985.

B stock trades at $43.10 with a market capitalization of $72.21B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.58, price-to-book of 2.74, price-to-sales of 3.64. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $26.55 and $54.69, and currently trades 21.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.56%.

On profitability, B generates a return on equity (ROE) of 24.57% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 22.28%, an operating margin of 47.78%, a net profit margin of 31.60%.

In its most recent fiscal year, B reported annual revenue of $17.0B, net profit of $5.0B, revenue has compounded at 6.1% a year over the last five years, profit at 16.5% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 2.92, total assets of $51.5B, $6.7B in cash and equivalents.

B has an average daily trading volume of 11,587,131 shares, a beta of 1.10.