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Book value & price-to-book (P/B)

Book value is a company’s net assets on its balance sheet; the price-to-book (P/B) ratio compares the share price to that book value per share.

Book value is what a company’s balance sheet says its assets are worth after subtracting its liabilities — roughly, the accounting net worth belonging to shareholders. The price-to-book (P/B) ratio divides the share price by book value per share, so a P/B of 1.0 means the market values the company at exactly its accounting net worth.

A low P/B has historically been associated with "value" stocks, but it is far more meaningful for asset-heavy businesses (banks, insurers, industrials) than for asset-light ones (software, brands), whose real value — people, code, intangibles — is barely on the balance sheet. A P/B below 1.0 can signal a bargain or a business the market expects to destroy value.

stocks-llm shows P/B where available, as delayed data with its as-of date, and treats it as one context measure rather than a standalone signal.

Lowest price-to-book (P/B) in the catalog

CompanyP/B
1Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (GETY)0.02
2CLAROS MORTGAGE TRUST INC (CMTG)0.07
3CABLE ONE INC (CABO)0.11
4INNVENTURE INC (INV)0.12
5SelectQuote, Inc. (SLQT)0.15

Live from the catalog, last updated 2026-10-20 — delayed data from SEC EDGAR + market data.

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Related terms

  • Market capitalization — Market capitalization (market cap) is the total value of a company’s shares — its share price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding.
  • P/E ratio (price-to-earnings) — The P/E ratio divides a company’s share price by its earnings per share, showing how much investors pay for each dollar of profit.
  • PEG ratio — The PEG ratio divides a company’s P/E by its earnings-growth rate, so a fast grower and a slow grower can be compared on valuation more fairly than by P/E alone.
  • EV/EBITDA — EV/EBITDA compares a company’s enterprise value to its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization — a capital-structure-neutral valuation measure.
  • EBITDA — EBITDA is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization — a measure of operating profitability that ignores financing and non-cash charges.

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