EVSP (Environmental Service Professionals) Book Value per Share: $-0.12 (As of Sep. 2009)

Environmental Service Professionals  (OTCPK:EVSP) 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.

Environmental Service Professionals Book Value per Share Related Terms

The historical data trend for Environmental Service Professionals'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.

Environmental Service Professionals Book Value per Share Chart

Environmental Service Professionals Annual Data
	Trend	Jan98	Jan99	Jan00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08
Book Value per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-0.15	-0.58	0.60	-0.18	-0.11

Environmental Service Professionals Quarterly Data
	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09
Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.10	-0.11	-0.12	-0.13	-0.12

EVSP vs PRZM, NNUP, EXCC: Book Value per Share Comparison

For the Waste Management subindustry, Environmental Service Professionals'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.

Environmental Service Professionals PB Ratio vs Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Environmental Service Professionals's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Environmental Service Professionals's PB Ratio falls into.

Environmental Service Professionals Book Value per Share Calculation

Environmental Service Professionals's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as:

Environmental Service Professionals's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 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 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.

Environmental Service Professionals Business Description