Monsanto Co (XSWX:MOO) Book Value per Share : CHF16.50 (As of Feb. 2018)

Monsanto Co Book Value per Share Chart

Monsanto Co Annual Data
	Trend	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17
Book Value per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					21.79	13.67	14.22	10.08	14.16

Monsanto Co Quarterly Data
	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15	Aug15	Nov15	Feb16	May16	Aug16	Nov16	Feb17	May17	Aug17	Nov17	Feb18
Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															12.67	14.70	14.16	14.90	16.50

Competitive Comparison of Monsanto Co's Book Value per Share

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Monsanto Co'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.

Monsanto Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Monsanto Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Monsanto Co's PB Ratio falls into.

Monsanto Co Book Value per Share Calculation

Monsanto Co's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as:

Monsanto Co's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2018 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.

Monsanto Co  (XSWX:MOO) 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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