book value
the value of a business, property, etc., as stated in a book of accounts (distinguished from market value).
total assets minus all liabilities; net worth.
Origin of book value
1Words Nearby book value
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How to use book value in a sentence
Goldman trades at 1.6 times book value, while JP Morgan Chase trades at one times book.
On March 16, Bear Stearns lost nearly all of its book value and had to be sold at rock-bottom prices to JPMorgan Chase.
This may be taken as accountable for the fact that "mill stocks usually sell below their book value."
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South | Broadus MitchellPrior to the maturing of a share it has two values, the holding or book value and the withdrawal value.
British Dictionary definitions for book value
the value of an asset of a business according to its books
the net capital value of an enterprise as shown by the excess of book assets over book liabilities
the value of a share computed by dividing the net capital value of an enterprise by its issued shares: Compare par value, market value
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