Price-to-book ratio (P/B) - Financial definition
Translations: FR price-to-book ratio (n.m.) , rapport valeur capitaux propres-valeur comptable (n.m.) ES multiplicador precio/valor contable (n.m.) , relación de paridad bursatíl (n.f.) DE Price-to-Book Ratio (n.n.) , Verhältnis Eigenkapitalwert zu Buchwert (n.n.)
Synonyms:
market-to-book ratio, price-to-equity ratio
Concise definition of the term price-to-book ratio
The price-to-book ratio, or P/B ratio, is a financial ratio that examines a company's market capitalization in relation to its book value as shown on its balance sheet.
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