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.
Rautaruukki Oyj Tangible Book per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Rautaruukki Oyj'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 Rautaruukki Oyj's Tangible Book per Share
For the Steel subindustry, Rautaruukki Oyj'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.
Rautaruukki Oyj's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Steel Industry
For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Rautaruukki Oyj's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Rautaruukki Oyj's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
Rautaruukki Oyj Tangible Book per Share Calculation
Rautaruukki Oyj's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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.
Rautaruukki Oyj (OHEL:RTRKS) 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.
Rautaruukki Oyj Tangible Book per Share Related Terms
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Rautaruukki Oyj supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to construction and the engineering industry. The company's operations are structured into three divisions: construction, engineering, and steel business. Its construction division supplies steel construction solutions for commercial and industrial construction, as well as for infrastructure foundation and transport infrastructure projects. The divisions' product portfolio includes building frames, wall and roofing products, integrated systems for single and multi-story construction, bridges, traffic noise barriers and highway guard rails, piles, retaining wall structures and foundations for harbor construction. Its customers include developers, designs and builders of commercial, industrial and office premises, logistics and sports complexes and infrastructure services as well as roofing suppliers. Its engineering division supplies systems and components to the engineering industry, such as cabins, booms, masts and frames for goods and container handling, the construction industry and mining and forestry, telescopic booms, frames and parts; windmill components and oil sumps. Main markets serve international European companies, specifically the lifting, handling, and transportation equipment industry, the energy industry, the marine and offshore industry and the paper and wood industry. The Metals division supplies steel products associated with prefabrication, logistics and storage services. The division's product portfolio consists of hot and cold-rolled steels, metal and color-coated steels, tubes and profiles and stainless steel and aluminum sold as trading products. Its customers include the transportation equipment, construction, engineering and electronics industries in Europe and Russia.
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