Cara Therapeutics's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.05.
During the past 12 months, Cara Therapeutics's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -64.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -40.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -18.00% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Cara Therapeutics was 29.10% per year. The lowest was -40.60% per year. And the median was 5.40% per year.
Cara Therapeutics's current price is $0.6716. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.05. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Cara Therapeutics is 0.64.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Cara Therapeutics was 25.11. The lowest was 0.43. And the median was 4.01.
Cara Therapeutics Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cara Therapeutics's Book Value 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 Cara Therapeutics's Book Value per Share
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Cara Therapeutics'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.
Cara Therapeutics's PB Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Cara Therapeutics's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cara Therapeutics's PB Ratio falls into.
Cara Therapeutics Book Value per Share Calculation
Cara Therapeutics's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Cara Therapeutics (NAS:CARA) 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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Cara Therapeutics (Cara Therapeutics) Business Description
Cara Therapeutics Inc is an emerging biotechnology company involved in the development of novel therapeutics to treat human diseases associated with inflammation, pain, and pruritus. Cara's most advanced compound, CR845, aims to treat acute pain and pruritus. This patented compound has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipruritic properties that can be used for multiple therapeutic applications. Additionally, Cara's objective is to use its proprietary drug-screening technology to develop a future pipeline of first-in-class molecules with analgesic and anti-inflammatory features.
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