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Cepton (Cepton) Book Value per Share : $-2.42 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cepton Book Value per Share?

Cepton's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.42.

During the past 12 months, Cepton's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2426.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.70% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the book value growth rate using book value per share data.

During the past 5 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Cepton was 12.70% per year. The lowest was 12.70% per year. And the median was 12.70% per year.

Cepton's current price is $2.91. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.42. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Cepton is .

During the past 5 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Cepton was 125.96. The lowest was 7.51. And the median was 17.71.


Cepton Book Value per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cepton'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.

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Cepton Book Value per Share Chart

Cepton Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Book Value per Share
-2.42 -3.63 -5.68 0.10 -2.42

Cepton Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Book Value per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.10 -0.69 -1.43 -2.00 -2.42

Competitive Comparison of Cepton's Book Value per Share

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Cepton'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.


Cepton's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cepton's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cepton Book Value per Share Calculation

Cepton's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(-38.37-0.00)/15.86
=-2.42

Cepton's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(-38.37-0.00)/15.86
=-2.42

* 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.


Cepton  (NAS:CPTN) 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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Cepton (Cepton) Business Description

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Address
399 West Trimble Road, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
Cepton Inc provides lidar-based solutions for a range of markets such as automotive, smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications. The company's patented MMT-based lidar technology enables reliable, scalable and cost-effective solutions that deliver long range, high resolution 3D perception for smart applications.
Executives
Ming Qiu officer: Controller C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Liqun Han officer: SVP of Operations C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jun Pei director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and President C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Mark Mccord officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hideharu Konagaya director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 WEST TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Paul Anawalt officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hull Xu officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jinying Chen officer: Corporate Controller C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Ldv Partners Fund I, L.p. 10 percent owner 24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Xiaogang Zhang director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 10 percent owner 4-8-3, TAKANAWA, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 1088711
May Wang director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Winston S Fu director, 10 percent owner, officer: CFO and Secretary 24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Takayuki Katsuda director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Dongyi Liao officer: SVP of Applications C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131