Value investors have, over the years, preferred the price-to-earnings ratio or P/E, as a means to identify value stocks. However, in the case of loss-making companies that have a negative ...

In value analysis, though price to earnings (P/E) and price to sales (P/S) are most preferred by investors, the underrated price-to-book ratio (P/B ratio) is also an easy-to-use valuation tool for ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Navin is a Colorado-based journalist who writes about stocks. Wall Street lost interest in the concept years ago as the big ...

Elcid Investments boasted a high price-to-book value before a recent price discovery auction sent its shares soaring. Here ...

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 ...