This program is a perfect example of the share value principle both for Adidas and for the Grameen Bank.
One example of a company that actually did make large repurchases of shares substantially below book value in 2011 is American Capital ( NASDAQ: ACAS), which announced it bought back millions of shares of its own stock, at prices considerably below its most recent reported book value per share, thereby elevating the per-share book value of the remaining shares.
The value of time share and the core value of cloud computing are pretty much the same, only the resources these days are much better and more cost effective.
The stock trades at around 75% of the per-share value of the company's gold reserves, he estimates.
The two companies renegotiated, lowering the per-share value of the deal by 15%.
Horton now trade at 1.9 times the per-share value of the company's net assets, approaching the 2.3 level seen in 2004-05.
The Price to Book ratio is a formula that represents the most recent share price of a company compared to its book value per share (the residual dollar value for common shareholders after assets are liquidated and all debtors are paid).
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You know, do they share the same value system that we share?
The decline in the value of share prices has also destroyed many peoples' paper fortunes.
The value of a share in Viacom or Seagram is in part determined by the value of that particular long-shot call option.
Last fall Berkshire announced that if the per-share book value fell below 110% of the stock price (1.1x the stock price) the company would step in and repurchase shares.
"We're proud that Starbucks chose Square, as we share the value of always putting customers first, " said Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Square.
Companies that open blue oceans with defensible solutions and can ride the wave rather than selling out too early are the ones that stand to capture the lion share of value creation.
We will need to figure out how to keep the large and diverse set of participants engaged, how to share the risks and value of innovation, how to manage complexity of this system without laying out too many constraints, and how to manage flow of information and activity across the boundaries where the degree of trust is yet to be established.
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Another beneficial effect is that American employers with defined-benefit pension plans for employees have been able to reduce their contributions into pension funds as the rise in share prices has swollen the value of funds' assets.
The current spike in share value is a sign that investors are eager to see Sony make bold reform moves, but the company may be able to take less drastic steps and still come out on top.
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Thinking about cars as a platform raises the prospect that someone could produce a sort of operating system for that platform and capture a huge share of the value, as Apple did with its iPod and iPhone and as Microsoft did with personal computers.
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In the absence of more obvious metrics like a share price, the value to the public of the organization is measured in the success it has in fulfilling its mission.
Just as the price of a share should equal the discounted present value of future profits, so the price of a house should reflect the future benefits of ownership either rental income or the implicit rent saved by an owner-occupier.
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Just as the price of a share should equal the discounted present value of future dividends, so the price of a house should reflect the future benefits of ownership, either as rental income for an investor or the rent saved by an owner-occupier.
If no quirks are noted, we can conclude that the asset share is the policy's market value.
Debt is rising fast: a survey of the top 16 companies by share value showed that their debt-to-equity ratios have tripled over the past three years.
In most places, after all, the public administrators of science are themselves drawn from the ranks of university scientists, and share a belief in the value of curiosity-driven inquiry.
The shares currently trade about 8% below the underlying per-share value of its uranium holdings.
Mr Goggins said on Friday that his friend, Chris Bain, had retained a 25% share in the value of the property.
Just as rewarding are the conversations I have with employees who share the same passion for delivering value to customers and making SAP better.
Whenever a company trading at a premium to book value issues new shares, whether from a secondary offering or in the course of an acquisition, the book value per share goes up.
As buyers are more and more realizing they are not receiving their fair share of the value inherent in their personal data, the timing for an alternative approach to advertising-supported models is ideal.
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