Alcatel-Lucent (Alcatel-Lucent) Tangible Book per Share : $0.75 (As of Jun. 2016)

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What is Alcatel-Lucent Tangible Book per Share?

Tangible book value per share is calculated as the total tangible equity divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Total tangible equity is calculated as the Total Stockholders Equity minus Preferred Stock minus Intangible Assets. Alcatel-Lucent's tangible book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.75.

Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.

Alcatel-Lucent Tangible Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alcatel-Lucent's Tangible Book per Share can be seen below:

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Alcatel-Lucent Tangible Book per Share Chart

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-1.31

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-0.60

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-0.13

Alcatel-Lucent Quarterly Data
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Tangible Book per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.97	-0.94	-1.11	-0.13	0.75

Competitive Comparison of Alcatel-Lucent's Tangible Book per Share

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Alcatel-Lucent's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book 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.

Alcatel-Lucent's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Alcatel-Lucent's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alcatel-Lucent's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.

Alcatel-Lucent Tangible Book per Share Calculation

Alcatel-Lucent's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock	-	Intangible Assets)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(4657.952	-	0	-	5065.359)	/	3036.34
	=	-0.13

Alcatel-Lucent's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share	=	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock	-	Intangible Assets)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	(7183.146	-	0	-	4544.944)	/	3539.18
	=	0.75

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total equity is a balance sheet item and equal to total assets less total liabilities of the company. Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.

Alcatel-Lucent (OTCPK:ALALF) Tangible Book 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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Alcatel-Lucent SA was incorporated on June 18, 1898. The Company is engaged in designing, manufacturing, operations and sales of equipment, material and software related to domestic, industrial, civil, military or other applications concerning electricity, telecommunications, computers, electronics, aerospace industry, nuclear energy, metallurgy, and, in general, of all the means of production or transmission of energy or communication. The Company's core Networking segment includes three business divisions: IP Routing, IP Transport and IP Platforms. The IP ROUTING focus is on the intelligent IP router market and emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) markets and related professional services. In IP TRANSPORT segment company designs, manufactures and markets optical networking equipment to transport information over fiber optic connections over long distances on land or under sea, as well as for short distances in metropolitan and regional areas. The portfolio also includes related professional services and microwave wireless transmission equipment. In IP PLATFORMS, the Company offers software and services to service providers that allow them to meet the market evolution needs of mobile and fixed networks. The Company's access segment includes four business divisions: WIRELESS are committed to a wireless access portfolio that is suited to the operators that are moving to 4G/LTE quickly and decisively. FIXED ACCESS IP-based fixed access products and related professional services provides support for both DSL and fiber, allowing service providers to extend Ultra-Broadband access to the customer's premise regardless of technology and to seamlessly combine copper and fiber access technologies and FTTx deployment models to achieve the fastest return-on-investment and time-to-market. In LICENSING the Intellectual Property Business Group works to monetize the patent portfolio through licensing and patent sales while also maintaining and prosecuting patents. The managed services portfolio includes Build-Operate-Manage-Transfer (BOMT) Solutions, Operations Transformation Solutions, and Network Operations Services. These services can be delivered across a wide array of network technologies including Network Access (FTTx), Next generation wireless (LTE, Small Cells, 4G), and IP Networks. The Company's Other segment includes Enterprise and Government businesses to provide end-to-end products, solutions and services for small, medium, large and extra-large companies to improve conversations and collaboration across employees, customers and partners. The Company sells all of its products and services to the world's telecommunications service providers through its direct sales force. The Company's competitors include Avaya, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), Samsung, Adtran, Calix, Ciena, Juniper, Ericsson and Huawei.