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Measurement Specialties (FRA:MEG) 3-Year Book Growth Rate : 14.80% (As of Jun. 2014)


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What is Measurement Specialties 3-Year Book Growth Rate?

Measurement Specialties's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was €15.69.

During the past 12 months, Measurement Specialties's average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was 13.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was 14.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was 15.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was 15.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Book Value per Share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value per Share Growth Rate of Measurement Specialties was 63.30% per year. The lowest was -5.80% per year. And the median was 25.30% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Measurement Specialties's 3-Year Book Growth Rate

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Measurement Specialties's 3-Year Book Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Book Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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Measurement Specialties's 3-Year Book Growth Rate Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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Measurement Specialties 3-Year Book Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Book Value per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

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Measurement Specialties  (FRA:MEG) 3-Year Book Growth Rate Explanation

Book Value per Share is the ratio of equity available to common shareholders divided by the shares outstanding. Book value per share effectively indicates a firm's net asset value on a per-share basis. It can be used by investors to gauge whether a stock price is undervalued by comparing it to the firm's market value per share. Theoretically, it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated.


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Measurement Specialties (FRA:MEG) Business Description

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Measurement Specialties, Inc. is a New Jersey corporation organized in 1981. The Company is engaged in the design, development and manufacture of sensors and sensor-based systems for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and end users, based on a broad portfolio of proprietary technology and typically characterized by the MEAS brand name. The Company is a multi-national corporation with fifteen main manufacturing facilities strategically located in the United States, China and Europe, enabling the Company to produce and market an array of sensors that use advanced technologies to measure precise ranges of physical characteristics. These sensors are used for engine and vehicle, medical, general industrial, consumer and home appliance, military/aerospace, and test and measurement applications. The Company's products include sensors for measuring pressure, linear/rotary position, force, torque, piezoelectric polymer film sensors, custom microstructures, load cells, vibrations and acceleration, optical absorption, humidity, gas concentration, gas flow rate, temperature, fluid properties and fluid level. The Company's advanced technologies include piezoresistive silicon, polymer and ceramic piezoelectric materials, application specific integrated circuits, micro-electromechanical systems ('MEMS'), foil strain gauges, electromagnetic force balance systems, fluid capacitive devices, linear and rotational variable differential transformers, anisotropic magneto-resistive devices, electromagnetic displacement sensors, hygroscopic capacitive structures, ultrasonic measurement systems, optical measurement systems, negative thermal coefficient ('NTC') ceramic sensors, 3-6 DOF (degree of freedom) force/torque structures, complex mechanical resonators, magnetic reed switches, high frequency multipoint scanning algorithms, and high precision submersible hydrostatic level detection. The Company's competitors include small independent companies and divisions of large corporations such as Danaher, General Electric, Schneider-Electric and Honeywell.