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CPP (Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals) Book Value per Share : $-3.08 (As of Mar. 2016)


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What is Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Book Value per Share?

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was $-3.08.

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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's current price is $25.91. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was $-3.08. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals is .


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Book Value per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals'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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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Book Value per Share Chart

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Book Value per Share
- - -2.85

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Dec13 Dec14 Mar15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16
Book Value per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - -2.85 -3.08

Competitive Comparison of Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Book Value per Share

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals'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.


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's PB Ratio falls into.


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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Book Value per Share Calculation

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(-21.18-0.00)/7.43
=-2.85

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(-22.85-0.00)/7.43
=-3.08

* 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.


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals  (AMEX:CPP) 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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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Business Description

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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Inc is a pharmaceutical company. It was originally incorporated under the laws of the state of Arizona on June 9, 2008, as Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, LLC and on December 22, 2009, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Company currently operates mainly in the development and commercialization of compound CPP-1X, otherwise known as DFMO or eflornithine. It is involved in familial adenomatous polyposis, neuroblastoma and the prevention of recurrence in colon cancer survivors. However, CPP also has therapeutic prevention approaches for prostate cancer, breast cancer, and skin cancers which will be developed together with the National Cancer Institute (as resources become available in the future) and multiple academic partners. Its competitors are Marina Biotech, Inc., SLA Pharma AG, StemSynergy Therapeutics, Inc. and Thetis Pharmaceuticals LLC. The Company holds license to approximately six issued patents in the United States. The Company's activities are subject to risks and uncertainties including failure to obtain required regulatory approvals to market the products, once developed, in the USA or foreign markets.

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