5 Book Value Bargains
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The stocks of these five companies pass a few hurdles when it comes to book value, or shareholder's equity.

Book value, roughly speaking, is a company's assets less its liabilities. The lower the price-to-book ratio, the cheaper a company looks relative to its net worth. The metric may not be perfect, but it's one that many value investors and contrarians use in their research. The price-to-book multiples for these five stocks are all at or below 1.3 and stand at a discount to their five-year historic averages. These stocks also have relatively low ratios of price-to-tangible book, or book value measured using only physical assets (buildings, machines and so on). Security analysts expect all of these companies to be profitable within two fiscal years.

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  • AEL
    Amer Eq Inv Life
  • $6.68
  • -1.91%
  • $6.67

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People owning AEL also tend to own: AKHARJARLPASFIBOOMBTMCBUK

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  • CBA
    Cba
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

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People owning CBA also tend to own: GMTMAAPLAMZNCHLCMEDCVX

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  • CMO
    Capstead Mortgage
  • $12.83
  • -1.16%
  • $12.86

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People owning CMO also tend to own: AHMANHFBRLUMMFANLYOPX

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  • IMOS
    Chipmos Technolog
  • $0.79
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

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People owning IMOS also tend to own: AACKFXADREATWBCSEXPGS

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  • PRS
    Primus Guaranty L
  • $3.47
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

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People owning PRS also tend to own: APNS.OBAVNRDSCOEBHIECPGEVICGE

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