5 Stocks With Attractive Price-to-Book Ratio Worth a Look
STNEStoneCo(STNE) ZACKS·2024-07-22 21:05

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.The P/B ratio is calculated as below:P/B ratio = market price per share/book value of equity per shareP/B ratio reflects how many times book value investors are ready to pay for a share. So, if the share price is 10andthebookvalueofequityis10 and the book value of equity is 5, investors are ready to pay two times the book value. Ide ...