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.
Corinthian Colleges Tangible Book per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Corinthian Colleges'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 Corinthian Colleges's Tangible Book per Share
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Corinthian Colleges'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.
Corinthian Colleges's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Corinthian Colleges's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Corinthian Colleges's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
Corinthian Colleges Tangible Book per Share Calculation
Corinthian Colleges's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2013 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.
Corinthian Colleges (FRA:CH7) 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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Corinthian Colleges (FRA:CH7) Business Description
Corinthian Colleges Inc is a post-secondary education company in the United States and Canada. It offers diploma programs and associate, bachelors and master's degrees through a single operating segment. As of June 30, 2013, it has a student enrollment of 81,284 and operated 97 schools in 25 states, and 14 schools in the province of Ontario, Canada. The Company has acquired 76 colleges including the Heald acquisition and has opened 35 branch campuses. Its training program areas include healthcare, criminal justice, business, mechanical, trades, and information technology. The Company's diploma programs provide students with the requisite knowledge and job skills for entry-level positions in their chosen career.Key elements of its operating strategy includes emphasize Student Outcomes, create an Effective Learning Environment, focus on Attractive Markets, manage School and Program Performance, Standardize Key Business Processes and Centralize Key Functions.
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