Learn how to calculate the written-down value (WDV) to determine the current worth of an asset after depreciation or amortization, also known as book value.

With Berkshire Hathaway's book value per share over- or under-estimating the true value of its businesses, Warren Buffett ...

In our recent article on the flaws in return on equity, we showed how it has no correlation with several different measures of valuation. However, there is one valuation metric, price-to-book (“P/B”), ...

The accounting value or "book value" of your company's assets – or even the company itself – probably differs from the market value, and the difference may be significant. The distinction between the ...

As Accounting Coach reports, book value can have two definitions in accounting. The first defines the liquidation value of a firm as in bankruptcy liquidation. Book value can also refer to the ...

Our November column challenged the status quo by using the “Four-Way Test” to show that GAAP-based financial reporting is unethical. As if that situation isn’t bad enough on its own, GAAP’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. #1 stock picker for 51 straight months on SumZero. AI is my edge. In recent Danger Zone reports, I’ve highlighted how P/E ratios ...

Continuing a theme, this column is another “Mythbuster” that demonstrates the fallacy behind a couple of longstanding arguments against using values in financial statement reporting.In our prior ...

BABY-BOOMERS may recall, perhaps wistfully, how the golden-arched sign outside every McDonald’s restaurant would proclaim how many customers had been served by the chain. As they became adults, the ...