General DataComm Industries (General DataComm Industries) Book Value per Share : $-10.62 (As of Jun. 2010)

General DataComm Industries Book Value per Share Chart

General DataComm Industries Annual Data
	Trend	Sep96	Sep97	Sep98	Sep99	Sep00	Sep05	Sep06	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09
Book Value per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-6.57	-8.83	-7.89	-8.52	-9.86

General DataComm Industries Quarterly Data
	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10
Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-9.53	-9.86	-10.10	-10.40	-10.62

Competitive Comparison of General DataComm Industries's Book Value per Share

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, General DataComm Industries'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.

General DataComm Industries's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where General DataComm Industries's PB Ratio falls into.

General DataComm Industries Book Value per Share Calculation

General DataComm Industries's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2009 is calculated as:

General DataComm Industries's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 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.

General DataComm Industries  (GREY:GNRD) 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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