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.
Banro Tangible Book per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Banro's Tangible Book 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.
Competitive Comparison of Banro's Tangible Book per Share
For the Gold subindustry, Banro'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.
Banro's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Banro's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Banro's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
Banro Tangible Book per Share Calculation
Banro's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 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 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.
Banro (AMEX:BAA) 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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Banro Corp is a Canadian gold mining company. Principally it focuses on exploration, development, and production of mineral properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company holds two gold producing mines Twangiza mines and Namoya mines and two advancing gold exploration projects which include Lugushwa project and Kamituga project. Twangiza mine property is located approximately 45 kilometers south-southwest of Bukavu in south Kivu Province whereas the Namoya mine property lies at the southern end of the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in Maniema province. The company's Lugushwa project and Kamituga project, both are located in the southwest city of Bukavu.
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