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AZ Electronic Materials (FRA:OAZ) Book Value per Share : €1.35 (As of Dec. 2013)


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What is AZ Electronic Materials Book Value per Share?

AZ Electronic Materials's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €1.35.

During the past 12 months, AZ Electronic Materials's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.20% 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.

AZ Electronic Materials's current price is €4.91. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €1.35. Hence, today's PB Ratio of AZ Electronic Materials is 3.65.

During the past 5 years, the highest P/B Ratio of AZ Electronic Materials was 3.61. The lowest was 1.87. And the median was 2.62.


AZ Electronic Materials Book Value per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for AZ Electronic Materials'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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AZ Electronic Materials Book Value per Share Chart

AZ Electronic Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Book Value per Share
-5.12 1.97 1.50 1.51 1.35

AZ Electronic Materials Semi-Annual Data
Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13
Book Value per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.50 1.55 1.51 1.37 1.35

Competitive Comparison of AZ Electronic Materials's Book Value per Share

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, AZ Electronic Materials'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.


AZ Electronic Materials's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, AZ Electronic Materials's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AZ Electronic Materials's PB Ratio falls into.



AZ Electronic Materials Book Value per Share Calculation

AZ Electronic Materials's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(511.6-0.0)/380.1
=1.35

AZ Electronic Materials's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(511.6-0.0)/380.3
=1.35

* 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.


AZ Electronic Materials  (FRA:OAZ) 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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AZ Electronic Materials (FRA:OAZ) Business Description

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AZ Electronic Materials SA is a Luxembourg- based company engaged in producing and supplying specialty chemicals. It focuses on three business areas Integrated Circuits which involves dielectrics, underlayers, yield enhancers, CMP slurries and pattern enhancers, Display Materials and AZ products such as specialty chemicals and materials used in integrated circuits and devise as well as flat panel displays and photolithographic printing.

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