Book Value in a sentence

Premium growth is fine, but it is ultimately book value (particularly tangible book value) and returns on tangible book that best correlate with long-term insurance stock price moves.

Although Great-West Lifeco Inc. stock is trading at a premium of almost 40% to the book value, keep in mind the book value per share increases on an annual basis as Great-West retains a decent portion of its net income.

Additionally, the company’s Price/Book ratio of 0.98 suggests that the stock is trading close to its book value, which might appeal to value-oriented investors.

Contrast this with the fact that the book value was more than 2 billion euros in June 2018, but in May of this year, the book value had been reduced to 1.5 billion euros.

Yes, I wish that was the case, Darren, where we -- the good news that we have here is that we do -- our book value -- our shareholder equity book value still is in the north of $20 million.

At 0.84 times Q2 book value, Ellington’s stock is the cheapest amongst its peers, and I believe that the discount to book value would continue to narrow down as the company’s net interest income gets closer to its dividend.

For reference, Netflix's economic book value, or no growth value, is just $102/share.

In a more direct sense, a sharp reduction in the company's total liabilities would also increase Ebix's book value, which is a peripheral yet important aspect when assessing the company's fair value and ultimately, stock price.

The definition of value can vary from investor to investor, but it often includes factors such as trading at a discount to book value, paying a dividend, and having growing earnings.

Value investing is about allocating capital towards equities that appear to trade for less than their intrinsic or book value.

We expect to grow our book value through improved operating results and through a recovery of the market value of our bonds over time.

We have to generally increase the value -- the book value of the asset by 80% of it's got to be new to qualify for renewed tax credits on that.

If the market moves to value Square on price/book value, as it does for other financial stocks, the downside could be even farther.

The acquisition cost of ARCs as a proportion to the book value of assets declined suggesting lower realisable value of the assets, it added.

The acquisition, the biggest in Perpetual's history, will also result in the firm doubling down on "value" investment, an approach based on picking stocks with a low price compared to their book value, which has underperformed lately.

DSX did not provide balance sheet leverage using the market value of their ships, so I calculated it using the ships at book value.

Samsung Biologics cited the agreement with Biogen as the reason for switching its valuation from fair market value to book value.

The book value of the property attached so far is Rs 1,233 crore (more than Rs 4,200 crore in market value).

The company's book value per share of $50.77 is less than half its current market price, showing market value of the company's assets is higher than its depreciated base.

If there is no economic increase in the value of the company's assets then the excess distribution (or dividend) will be a return of capital and the book value of the company will have shrunk by an equal amount.