Companies that are liberal in their accounting may have good looking earnings, but growth
in book value per share can be quite poor.
This is why I pay attention to growth
in book value per share, ex accumulated other comprehensive income, plus dividends, rather than earnings.
In that case, like Buffett, we look at the stock like a bond, and look for growth
in the book value per share to drive the growth in the price.
This increase
in the book value per share is not due to management or any business operations.
BXMT executed this offer at 1.2 x price - to - book, capturing a favorable price for the stock and driving a $ 0.41 increase
in book value per share during the quarter.
Not exact matches
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway raised its
per -
share book value 14.4 %
in 2012, less than the S&P 500's 16 % total return.
In the opinion of the Company's management, adjusted book value per share is useful in an analysis of a property casualty company's book value per share as it removes the effect of changing prices on invested assets (i.e., net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax), which do not have an equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense reserve
In the opinion of the Company's management, adjusted
book value per share is useful
in an analysis of a property casualty company's book value per share as it removes the effect of changing prices on invested assets (i.e., net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax), which do not have an equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense reserve
in an analysis of a property casualty company's
book value per share as it removes the effect of changing prices on invested assets (i.e., net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax), which do not have an equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense reserves.
Adjusted
book value per share is total common shareholders» equity excluding net unrealized investment gains and losses, net of tax, included
in shareholders» equity, divided by the number of common
shares outstanding.
His last open letter to shareholders makes the point clearly about investing
in creating
value — «Berkshire's gain
in net worth during 2016 was $ 27.5 billion, which increased the
per -
share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 10.7 %.
If you purchase
shares of our common stock
in this offering, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution of $
in the net tangible
book value per share, assuming an initial public offering price of $
per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus).
Therefore, if you purchase
shares of our Class A common stock
in this offering, you will experience immediate dilution of $
per share, the difference between the price
per share you pay for our Class A common stock and its pro forma net tangible
book value per share as of September 30, 2010, after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of our Class A common stock
in this offering.
Dilution
in pro forma net tangible
book value per share to investors purchasing
shares of our Class A common stock
in this offering represents the difference between the amount
per share paid by investors purchasing
shares of our Class A common stock
in this offering and the pro forma as adjusted net tangible
book value per share of our Class A common stock immediately after completion of this offering.
Therefore, if you purchase our common stock
in this offering, you will incur immediate dilution of $
in the net tangible
book value per share from the price you paid.
Therefore, if you purchase our common stock
in this offering, you will incur an immediate dilution of $
in net tangible
book value per share from the price you paid, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $
per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus).
«
In prior years, I explained why buying back our stock at tangible
book value per share was a no - brainer..
«Berkshire's gain
in net worth during 2017 was $ 65.3 billion, which increased the
per -
share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 23 %.
Comprehensive loss to shareholders and
book value per share were impacted by declines
in both our fixed income and equity portfolios, driven by an increase
in interest rates and unfavorable movements
in the equity markets during the period.
«Berkshire's gain
in net worth during 2017 was $ 65.3 billion, which increased the
per -
share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 23 %... A large portion of our gain did not come from anything we accomplished at Berkshire.
Given your belief that Berkshire's intrinsic
value continues to exceed its
book value with the difference continuing to widen over time, are we at a point where it makes sense to consider buying back stock at a higher break point that Berkshire currently has
in place and would you ever consider stepping
in buying back
shares that did dip down below 1.2 times
book value per share even if that prior years» figure had not yet been released?
* Change
in operating cash flow is replaced with: (i) tangible
book value per share growth for companies
in the Banks, Diversified Financials and Insurance sectors; and (ii) growth
in funds from operations for REITs, with the exception of Mortgage and Specialized REITs.
«This quarter, we increased tangible
book value per share by 11 percent while returning nearly $ 2.2 billion
in capital to common shareholders.»
As we wait for a drilling recovery, NOV should remain decently profitable from its aftermarket business, so even
in a tough environment we expect
book value per -
share to continue growing.
Because of that, our expectation is that seven years from now AIG will have fewer
shares outstanding than it has today, and
book value per -
share will be higher than the numbers
in the prior paragraph.
For an investment portfolio of $ 1,325
per share, at 7 % tax equivalent returns, Markel should earn $ 93
per share in equity next year, growing
book value by 17 % ($ 93
per share added to $ 543
per share).
We aim for growth
in fully converted
book value per share.
In the formula above, Price is the
share price, EPS is earnings
per share, and BPS is
book value per share.
All measures like the growth
in tangible
book value per share become considerably more complicated to evaluate when a company grows via a series of mergers.
Growth of
per -
share book value from $ 3.74
in 2000 to $ 18.23
in 2015 represents a CAGR of ~ 11 % — a fantastic rate of growth, especially considering this sample contains the global financial crisis.
In 2014 however, with the ILFC deal something interesting happened: The
book value per share doubled but tangible
book value dropped.
Book -
value -
per -
share growth rate is used
in place of revenue -
per -
share growth for some financial stocks.
falling
book value, has a comparatively stable dividend, and reported strong third - quarter numbers
in which core earnings
per share handsomely covered its quarterly distribution to shareholders.
CYS Investments has increased its second quarter
book value to $ 10.31
per share which compares against $ 9.68
per share in the first quarter of 2014 and against $ 10.20
per share in the second quarter of 2013.
ARMOUR Residential reported a
book value of $ 7.29
per share at the end of the fourth quarter 2012, yet it continuously declined to $ 4.67
in the first quarter of 2014.
In this case, XYZ is priced at $ 130 per share (P / B of 1.3 times $ 100 book value), and is producing $ 13 per share in earnings (13 % ROE on $ 100 book value
In this case, XYZ is priced at $ 130
per share (P / B of 1.3 times $ 100
book value), and is producing $ 13
per share in earnings (13 % ROE on $ 100 book value
in earnings (13 % ROE on $ 100
book value).
I regard the $ 1.39
per share liquidation
value as the downside
in this instance, and the $ 3.03
per share book value as the upside.
Although a wide variety of market
value ratios are
in use, the most popular include earnings
per share,
book value per share, and the price - earnings ratio.
Here, insofar as company results are analyzed,
book value (i.e., net asset
value per share computed
in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]-RRB- is usually ignored
in almost all analyses of companies other than financial institutions and regulated utilities.
American Capital Agency Corporation's (NASDAQ: AGNC) net
book value per common
share has grown for the first time
in a year.
Its net
book value per share has declined more than 15 % from $ 28.93
in the first quarter of 2013 to $ 24.49
in the first quarter of 2014.
The divergence
in the P / BV (price divided by
book value per share) is even wider: 5.19 for growth and 1.74 for
value.
This implies a reduction
in book value of about $.45
per share per quarter.
This should result
in a
book value of approximately $ 120
per share once the award is paid.
Thus the combined
book value of the two operating groups was approximately $ 14.70
per share, slightly more than the $ 13.00
per share ASCMA is receiving
in cash.
From the Form 10 it looked like
book value was going be around $ 48
per share with about half of that
in cold hard cash.
In the revised plan of liquidation of December 19, 2013 the
book value of GYRO (post dividends) was $ 5.70
per share.
For one thing the company had a
book value of $ 2.78
per share as of Sept. 30, 2014, and all of that is
in CASH (or equivalents, obviously).
That for a bank
in a growing economy that has increased its
book value per share by 16 % annually over the last five years.
This means that last week's buyback was accretive
in terms of
book value per share; the 3.5 % buyback resulted
in a 5.7 % increase
in book value for the remaining outstanding
shares, with
book value per share growing from $ 55.33 to $ 58.52.
Fully convertible
book value per share assumes that you invest your dividends
in the common stock (without taxation), and thus compound your gains through reinvestment, taking account of dilution.
Decreases
in values of equity investments can have a material adverse effect on our consolidated
book value per share.