Per Share

What is book value per share?

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

How it is calculated

Stockholders’ equity, the company’s own shareholders’ share, divided by the shares outstanding at the period end.

How to read it

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

Where the numbers come from

Scrutar computes book value per 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 per share and every other metric on this page, for every company Scrutar covers, computed from SEC filings.

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