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Q: What does "book value" mean, and why is it useful to me as an investor? Book value is one of the simplest investing metrics to calculate. Look at a company's balance sheet and subtract the ...

The price-to-book (P/B) ratio is widely favored by value investors for identifying low-priced stocks with exceptional returns. The ratio is used to compare a stock’s market value/price to its book ...

Under any standard of value, the true economic value of a business enterprise will equal the company’s accounting book value only by coincidence . . .” says the late business valuation expert and ...

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