Sothebys (Sothebys) Book Value per Share : $10.58 (As of Jun. 2019)

Sothebys Book Value per Share Chart

Sothebys Annual Data
	Trend	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18
Book Value per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					12.72	12.26	9.54	11.76	9.52

Sothebys Quarterly Data
	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19
Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															11.75	9.23	9.52	9.26	10.58

Competitive Comparison of Sothebys's Book Value per Share

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Sothebys's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Sothebys's PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sothebys's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sothebys's PB Ratio falls into.

Sothebys Book Value per Share Calculation

Sothebys's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Sothebys's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total Stockholders Equity is a balance sheet item and equal to Total Assets less Total Liabilities of the company.

Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.

Sothebys  (NYSE:BID) Book Value per Share Explanation

Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.

For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.

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