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Book Value Per Share Calculator

Find the net asset value behind each share — and the price-to-book ratio.

Net Assets Per Share

Common equity behind each share, after preferred

Price-to-Book Ratio

See what the market pays per pound of net assets

Feeds the Graham Number

The BVPS input for Graham-style screening

Book Value Per Share
Work out the net asset value behind each share from shareholders' equity and shares outstanding.
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£

Subtracted from equity — it ranks ahead of common shares.

£

Add a price to get the price-to-book (P/B) ratio.

How Book Value Per Share Works

The Formula

BVPS = (Equity − Preferred) ÷ Shares Outstanding

It strips preferred equity (which ranks ahead of common shareholders) from total equity, then spreads what remains across the common shares.

Where It Works Best

BVPS and price-to-book are most meaningful for banks, insurers, and asset-heavy industrials, where the balance sheet closely tracks economic value. For asset-light businesses, lean on cash flow and a DCF instead.

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This calculator gives book value per share for one company from figures you enter. ARIA pulls fundamentals automatically across every holding, slotting per-share metrics like book value into a complete, live view of each position — far beyond a single manual lookup.

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