Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The price-to-book (P/B) ratio is widely favored by value investors for identifying low-priced stocks with exceptional returns. The ratio is used to compare a stock’s market value/price to its book ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Navin is a Colorado-based journalist who writes about stocks. Wall Street lost interest in the concept years ago as the big ...

Medical Properties Trust is currently undervalued, trading at a 50% discount to book value, offering a 7% dividend yield, and a forward FFO yield of nearly 20%. The company missed earnings ...

Among the valuation metrics, price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-sales (P/S) are more commonly used for stock selection. This is because calculations based on earnings and, to some extent, sales are ...

In value analysis, though price to earnings (P/E) and price to sales (P/S) are most preferred by investors, the underrated price-to-book ratio (P/B ratio) is also an easy-to-use valuation tool for ...