Mentor Graphics (Mentor Graphics) Tangible Book per Share : $6.63 (As of Jan. 2017)

Mentor Graphics Tangible Book per Share Chart

Mentor Graphics Annual Data
	Trend	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17
Tangible Book per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.21	5.30	5.42	5.88	6.63

Mentor Graphics Quarterly Data
	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17
Tangible Book per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															5.88	5.07	5.25	5.39	6.63

Competitive Comparison of Mentor Graphics's Tangible Book per Share

For the Software - Application subindustry, Mentor Graphics'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.

Mentor Graphics's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Mentor Graphics's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:

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

Mentor Graphics Tangible Book per Share Calculation

Mentor Graphics's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as

Mentor Graphics's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2017 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.

Mentor Graphics  (NAS:MENT) 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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