The accounting value or "book value" of your company's assets – or even the company itself – probably differs from the market value, and the difference may be significant. The distinction between the ...

As Accounting Coach reports, book value can have two definitions in accounting. The first defines the liquidation value of a firm as in bankruptcy liquidation. Book value can also refer to the ...

The book value of a company is the difference between that company's total assets and its total liabilities, as shown on the company's balance sheet. Book value represents the carrying value of assets ...

In recent Danger Zone reports, I’ve highlighted how P/E ratios and return on equity (ROE) mislead investors. This week, I'm looking at another metric that leads would-be value investors astray. Price ...

Enterprise value (EV) is a measure of a company's total value--going beyond just equity. EV represents what it would cost 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 ...

It's the beginning of the school year and we're seeking relief from a deadline by reprising a column that appeared in November 2008. Back then, we provided this conceptual primer to show that market ...

Investors constantly seek to answer one fundamental question: Am I paying a fair price for this company? Answering this requires diving into a company’s financial reports and the market’s collective ...