Per Share

What is Book Value / Share?

Shareholders’ equity spread over each share, the accounting value behind one share.

How it is calculated

Stockholders’ equity divided by diluted weighted average shares, or shares outstanding when the filing reports no diluted count.

How to read it

Most useful for banks, insurers and asset-heavy companies. It says little about software or brand-driven businesses.

Keep in mind

Per-share figures are as reported in each filing and are not adjusted for later stock splits, so values before a split look larger.

Where the numbers come from

Scrutar computes Book Value / Share from the figures each company reports to the SEC in its annual and quarterly filings, using the XBRL data attached to those filings.

More Per Share metrics

Diluted EPSProfit per share counting all shares that could exist if options and convertibles were exercised.How to read it →Revenue / ShareSales spread over each share, which shows whether growth is reaching shareholders or being diluted away.How to read it →FCF / ShareFree cash flow spread over each share: what a share earned in real cash after the business paid to maintain itself.How to read it →Diluted SharesThe average number of shares during the period, including shares that options and convertibles could add.How to read it →

See it for a real company

Ten years of Book Value / Share and every other metric on this page, for every company Scrutar covers, computed from SEC filings.

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