In our recent article on the flaws in return on equity, we showed how it has no correlation with several different measures of valuation. However, there is one valuation metric, price-to-book (“P/B”), ...

The accounting value or "book value" of your company's assets – or even the company itself – probably differs from the market value, and the difference may be significant. The distinction between the ...

As Accounting Coach reports, book value can have two definitions in accounting. The first defines the liquidation value of a firm as in bankruptcy liquidation. Book value can also refer to the ...

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Book value equals a company's total assets minus liabilities, mirroring shareholder equity. Investors use book value per share (BVPS) to assess capital risk and potential liquidation value.

We’re now in the homestretch of our four-part marathon explanation of the real truth about the 14 myths listed at the end of this story. We’ve previously debunked the first 11 and now turn to the ...

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For stock investors hunting for securities that appear to trade for less than their intrinsic value, a high book-to-market price ratio is a “buy” signal. But this value-investing benchmark may need an ...

Boston Omaha (NASDAQ: BOMN), both in its business model as well as the tone of its annual letters, appears to aspire to be the next coming of Omaha's most famous company: Warren Buffett's Berkshire ...

BABY-BOOMERS may recall, perhaps wistfully, how the golden-arched sign outside every McDonald’s restaurant would proclaim how many customers had been served by the chain. As they became adults, the ...