Accounting for the value of your business assets can be tricky. If your company bought a car, a computer or a backhoe 20 years ago, how much is it worth after two decades of wear and tear? Sell it, ...

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New owners purchase existing businesses for a variety of reasons. The new owner may feel the existing business presents a complementary fit with the owner's current business. The existing business may ...

Calculate P/B ratio by dividing stock price by book value per share. A lower P/B may signal an undervalued stock, but verify with other metrics. Use P/B for tangible asset companies; it’s less valid ...

For mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the Net Asset Value (NAV) is the portfolio value of the fund, per unit. For mutual funds, transactions occur at the NAV value, but for ETFs the ...

Depreciation determines the loss of value of an asset over its useful life. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take ...

Core earnings of $0.83 per share vs. $0.94 in Q2. Book value of $16.81 slips from $17.39 at the end of Q2 after $0.90 dividend. Last night's close of $16.40 puts the stock at just a 2.4% discount to ...

ROA is a profitability ratio that measures a company’s use of assets in generating profits. Return on assets is a profitability ratio that’s helpful in determining a company’s ability to generate ...

Exxon Mobil Corp. is retreating from a plan to increase spending to boost its oil and gas production by 2025 and preparing to slash the book value of its assets by up to $20 billion, as the struggling ...

Reviewed by Charlene RhinehartFact checked by Suzanne KvilhaugReviewed by Charlene RhinehartFact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Book value and salvage value are two different measures of value that have ...