Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.
Ameriana Bancorp Tangible Book per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ameriana Bancorp's Tangible Book per Share can be seen below:
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Ameriana Bancorp's Tangible Book per Share
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Ameriana Bancorp's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book 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.
Ameriana Bancorp's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Ameriana Bancorp's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ameriana Bancorp's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
Ameriana Bancorp Tangible Book per Share Calculation
Ameriana Bancorp's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 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 equity is a balance sheet item and equal to total assets less total liabilities of the company. Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.
Ameriana Bancorp (NAS:ASBI) Tangible Book 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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Ameriana Bancorp (Ameriana Bancorp) Business Description
Ameriana Bancorp is incorporated in Indiana in 1990. The bank is a holding company for Ameriana Bank, SB and an Indiana chartered savings bank. Its main business consists of attracting deposits from the general public and investing those funds mainly in mortgage loans on single-family residences, multi-family, construction loans, commercial real estate loans, and, to a lesser extent, commercial and industrial loans, small business lending, home improvement, and consumer loans. The Bank offers regular savings accounts, interest-bearing (NOW) and noninterest-bearing checking accounts, money market accounts, fixed interest rate certificates with varying maturities and negotiated rate jumbo certificates with various maturities. It also offers tax-deferred individual retirement, Keogh retirement and simplified employer plan retirement accounts. It invests in various federal and government agency obligations and other investment securities permitted by applicable laws and regulations, including mortgage-backed, municipal and equity securities. The Bank offers customers in its market area time deposits with terms from three months to seven years, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts and money market accounts. Its main source of borrowings is Federal Home Loan Bank advances. Through its subsidiaries, the Bank engages in insurance and investment and brokerage activities. The geographic markets it serves are competitive for deposits, loans and other financial services, including retail brokerage services and insurance. The Company's direct competitors include traditional banking and savings institutions, as well as other non-bank providers of financial services, such as insurance companies, brokerage firms, mortgage companies and credit unions located in the Bank's market area. The Company is subject to regulation and supervision by the Federal Reserve Bank.
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