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CQS Diversified Fund (LSE:CQS) Tangible Book per Share : £1.14 (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is CQS Diversified Fund 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. CQS Diversified Fund's tangible book value per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was £1.14.

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.


CQS Diversified Fund Tangible Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for CQS Diversified Fund'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.

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CQS Diversified Fund Tangible Book per Share Chart

CQS Diversified Fund Annual Data
Trend Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
Tangible Book per Share
1.01 1.00 1.02 1.14

CQS Diversified Fund Semi-Annual Data
Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14
Tangible Book per Share 1.00 1.00 1.02 1.15 1.14

Competitive Comparison of CQS Diversified Fund's Tangible Book per Share

For the Asset Management subindustry, CQS Diversified Fund'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.


CQS Diversified Fund's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, CQS Diversified Fund's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CQS Diversified Fund's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.



CQS Diversified Fund Tangible Book per Share Calculation

CQS Diversified Fund's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock-Intangible Assets)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(74.078-0-0)/65.2671
=1.13

CQS Diversified Fund's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock-Intangible Assets)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(74.078-0-0)/65.2671
=1.13

* 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.


CQS Diversified Fund  (LSE:CQS) 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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CQS Diversified Fund (LSE:CQS) Business Description

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CQS Diversified Fund Ltd was incorporated on October 27, 2010 in Guernsey. It is a closed-ended company. Its objective is to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns over the medium to long term by primarily investing in convertible and credit related strategies. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in CQS Diversified Fund (SPC) Ltd.

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