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kingsman

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27/01/16

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Originally posted by SUBASCO ↑

That's what i am doing the research.

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1 P/B RatiosThe Price-Book Ratio is another way to evaluate the value of a stock. It's calculated by dividing the current price of a company's stock times its shares outstanding (market capitalization) by its last quarter's book value. Book value is assets less liabilities which is equivalent to book value of equity. A P/B ratio represents the market value for every dollar of tangible assets. So a P/B ratio of 5 would mean that for every $1 of tangible assets there is $5 of market value. Thus a low P/B ratio means that the stock is "backed up" by tangible (saleable) assets, whereas a high P/B ratio probably means that investors have high expectations for the company. P/B ratios, just like P/E ratios, should be compared within industries. Also remember that book value is an accounting measure, and therefore it can be somewhat deceiving sometimes.
Here are a few examples of P/B ratios (as of 2/14/06):

Google: 11.6

Apple: 7.3

Yahoo: 6.1

Microsoft: 5.8

S&P 500: 4.1

Walmart: 3.8

General Electric: 3.1

AT&T: 2.3

Sun Microsystems: 2.2

Walt Disney: 1.9

These were taken from morningstar.com.
As you can see, newer companies, for which investors have high expectations of future earnings, generally have higher P/B ratios that more well established companies.
P/B ratios are nice for companies that have negative earnings (since P/E ratios don't really work in that case). If a company's P/B ratio is high compared to others in its industry, then the stock might be overvalued. If its P/B ratio is low compared to others in its industry, then it might be undervalued or the company may be performing poorly. Acquisitions can also reduce the book value of a company (ie: they are adding assets to their books while stock prices remain somewhat steady).

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