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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest ...

A classic stock-picking technique that has fallen into disuse is the price-to-book-value ratio. Ben Graham, widely considered the father of value investing, liked stocks selling “below book.” I still ...

Arbor Realty Trust focuses on mortgage investments, particularly in the multi-family sector. The trust offers a $0.43 per share per quarter dividend consistently covered by distributable earnings, ...

Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors develop their ...