asset value

British

noun

the value of a share in a company calculated by dividing the difference between the total of its assets and its liabilities by the number of ordinary shares issued

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Because these funds are often leveraged, a tiny drop in asset value is amplified when it hits a fund’s equity cushion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Its market multiple of net asset value, or mNAV, was 1.12 on Monday.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Put another way, should the funds value their investments in other funds based on what those funds’ managers say they’re worth, a figure known as the net asset value, or NAV?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But both still traded at premiums to their net asset value, a sign investors may have bid them up too much.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Investors had been paying massive premiums for a fund with a net asset value of $18.26 a share.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

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