Nanosphere (Nanosphere) Book Value per Share : $0.69 (As of Mar. 2016)

Nanosphere Book Value per Share Chart

Nanosphere Annual Data
	Trend	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15
Book Value per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					20.70	15.06	11.32	4.55	1.26

Nanosphere Quarterly Data
	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16
Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.34	3.12	1.75	1.26	0.69

Competitive Comparison of Nanosphere's Book Value per Share

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Nanosphere'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.

Nanosphere's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Nanosphere's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

Nanosphere Book Value per Share Calculation

Nanosphere's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as:

Nanosphere's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 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.

Nanosphere  (NAS:NSPH) 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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