URS (FRA:URS) Tangible Book per Share : €-3.09 (As of Jun. 2014)

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What is URS Tangible Book per Share?

Tangible book value per share is calculated as the total tangible equity divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Total tangible equity is calculated as the Total Stockholders Equity minus Preferred Stock minus Intangible Assets. URS's tangible book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was €-3.09.

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.

URS Tangible Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for URS's Tangible Book per Share can be seen below:

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URS Tangible Book per Share Chart

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2.60

1.95

0.30

-3.78

-1.80

URS Quarterly Data
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Tangible Book per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-3.12	-1.86	-1.77	-4.16	-3.09

Competitive Comparison of URS's Tangible Book per Share

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, URS'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.

URS's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, URS's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where URS's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.

URS Tangible Book per Share Calculation

URS's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock	-	Intangible Assets)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(2979.276	-	0	-	3113.669)	/	74.700
	=	-1.80

URS's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock	-	Intangible Assets)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(2902.048	-	0	-	3114.752)	/	68.800
	=	-3.09

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.

URS (FRA:URS) 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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URS Corporation was originally incorporated in California on May 1, 1957 under the former name of Broadview Research Corporation. On May 18, 1976, it re-incorporated in Delaware under the name URS Corporation. After several additional name changes, it re-adopted the name 'URS Corporation' on February 21, 1990. The Company is an international provider of engineering, construction and technical services. It offers a range of program management, planning, design, engineering, construction and construction management, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning and closure services to public agencies and private sector clients around the world. It is also a U.S. federal government contractor in the areas of systems engineering and technical assistance, and operations and maintenance. The Company expertise is focused in four market sectors: power, infrastructure, federal, and industrial and commercial. Within these markets, it offers a broad range of services, including program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; IT services; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In the power sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. It provides these services to utilities, industrial co-generators, independent power producers, original equipment manufacturers and government utilities. In the infrastructure sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. As a contractor to the U.S. federal government and national governments of other countries, it serves a wide variety of government departments and agencies, including the DOD, DHS, Department of Energy, as well as the General Services Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and other federal agencies. The Company's services range from program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; and IT services to construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In industrial and commercial sector it provides a wide range of engineering, procurement and construction services for new industrial and commercial

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