«This quarter,
we increased tangible book value per share by 11 percent while returning nearly $ 2.2 billion in capital to common shareholders.»
Not exact matches
For Schwab, the company's
tangible book value has
increased 207 % since the last dividend hike in 2008.
This provides a sizable
increase in Reading's
tangible book value plus an ongoing improvement in Reading's income in Q4 and going forward from reduced debt.
The net proceeds from the sale of the 2,444,450 units represents an immediate
increase in net
tangible book value per share of $ 2.52 to the existing stockholders and dilution of $ 1.74 per share to the new investors.
Yet how many CEOs gain bonuses partially off of sales and other meaningless criteria — far better to use something like five - year
increase in fully converted
tangible book value per share.
So, that's my preferred measure for how much has the underlying
value of the firm
increased: growth in fully diluted
tangible book value (ex-AOCI), adding back dividends, and subtract out net equity issuance / buyback measured not at cost, but at the current market price.