With Berkshire Hathaway's book value per share over- or under-estimating the true value of its businesses, Warren Buffett prefers alternatives to this accounting metric.

Warren Buffett has pointed out that book value can significantly misstate the intrinsic value of a business. He prefers using intrinsic value, "the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out ...

Estimated book value per common share is subject to change upon completion of our month-end and quarter-end valuation procedures relating to our investment positions, and any such change could be ...

A low price relative to book value used to signal a bargain. Nowadays it provides only a hint of value. Divide a company’s market capitalization by its shareholders’ equity and you get the price to ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Discover key financial results and strategic updates from HCI Group’s Q3 2025 earnings call, including Exzeo IPO impact and growth prospects.

The price-to-book (P/B) ratio is widely favored by value investors for identifying low-priced stocks with exceptional returns. The ratio is used to compare a stock’s market value/price to its book ...

Estimated book value per common share is subject to change upon completion of our month-end and quarter-end valuation procedures relating to our investment positions, and any such change could be ...

Estimated book value per common share is subject to change upon completion of our month-end and quarter-end valuation procedures relating to our investment positions, and any such change could be ...

Estimated book value per common share is subject to change upon completion of our month-end and quarter-end valuation procedures relating to our investment positions, and any such change could be ...