Berkshire shares are trading near their lowest valuation in decades: close to 1.1 times book value, versus its average valuation of about 1.6 times book value over the past two decades.
ISSI's shares trade for 18.2 times trailing 12-month earnings, 1.62 times book value and 1.02 times sales.
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The price-to-book of 1.43x is below the peer group average of 1.48x.
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In addition, stock prices of the big Chinese banks are relatively cheap: Bank of China trades at 1.4 times forward book value, and Agricultural Bank of China trades at 1.6 book value for fiscal year 2011, even though Bank of China is considered a better-run bank.
With many of its rivals trading below book, Chubb, at 1.16 times book value, stands out from the crowd.
JPMorgan sells at 0.8 times book, below a five-year average of 1 times book.
The stock yields 4.6% and has a price-to-book ratio of 1.7, modest relative to rivals.
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The historical norm is for Berkshire Hathaway stock to trade at around 150% of book value (1.5x).
Its price-to-book ratio of 1.49 is at a 15.8% discount to the peer group average of 1.77.
Its price to book ratio of 1.8 is at a significant premium to the industry median of 0.8.
Dana Holding ( NYSE:DAN) The price-to-book ratio is 1.11 which would seem to come in at below the industry average.
Book value at 1.84 makes this less of a value than the other 2, but you get a 2.97% dividend.
In Tokyo the stock price closed the year at 4005 yen, with a price-to-book ratio of 1.31x and forward PER of 17.70x.
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It sells at eight times my estimate of 2009 earnings, less than five times cash flow, one times book value and 1.6 times sales.
Price to book is around 1.7x versus 2.2x over longer periods.
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With this in mind, Schutz figures a bank whose shares can be had for about one times book value today may well fetch 1.5 times book in a year or two.
Wells Fargo, which does not have as much exposure to international or trading businesses, is the only one of the four biggest U.S. banks by assets to trade at more than book value, 1.18 times.
Oil-Dri Corp. ( ODC) showed up in the results of my value screening strategy. (The strategy is highlighted in the July AAII Journal First Cut column.) ODC trades at a price-earnings ratio of 17.0 and a price-to-book ratio of 1.7.
We will assume that the bank trades at a modest premium to book value on the stock market, of 1.5x book.
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Either way, the stock is likely to climb from one times book value back to its historical average of 1.4 to 1.5 times book, Karaoglan figures.
Boise ( NYSE:BZ) The price-to-book ratio on this one is 1.04, just slightly over book.
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Also, the company trades at 1.1 times book value, a discount to such competition as A.G.
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This share price results in a price to economic book value ratio of 1.0, implying no future growth in NOPAT.
Metals USA trades for 0.24 times sales and 1.1 times book value.
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