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.
NWPX Infrastructure Tangible Book per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for NWPX Infrastructure'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 NWPX Infrastructure's Tangible Book per Share
For the Steel subindustry, NWPX Infrastructure'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.
NWPX Infrastructure's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Steel Industry
For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, NWPX Infrastructure's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where NWPX Infrastructure's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
* 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.
NWPX Infrastructure (NAS:NWPX) 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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Northwest Pipe Co is a manufacturer of water-related infrastructure products. The company has two operating segments: the Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe segment and the Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems segment. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe segment, which is engaged in manufacturing large-diameter, high-pressure steel pipeline systems for use in water infrastructure applications, which are related to drinking water systems. The Company's Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems (Precast) segment manufactures stormwater and wastewater technology products and high-quality precast and reinforced concrete products. Geographically, the company generates its revenue from the United States and Canada.
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