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 ...

Value analysis is the best approach to identifying great bargains. Though price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-sales (P/S) valuation tools are more commonly used for stock selection, the price-to-book ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Investment manager, former staffer at Forbes and Wall Street Journal. Nov 11, 2024, 09:00am EST Bruce Van Saun, chief executive ...

Price-to-book ratio or P/B ratio is essentially the ratio of stock price to book value, i.e., how much an investor needs to pay for each dollar of book value of a stock. It is calculated by dividing ...