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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amount of book value" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in financial contexts when discussing the value of an asset or a company's equity as recorded on the balance sheet.
Example: "The amount of book value for the company's assets has increased significantly over the past year."
Alternatives: "total book value" or "book value amount".
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Morgan Stanley, which trades for just 58percentt of book value, hasn't disclosed the amount it has been using on its own balance sheet for the three-year-old joint venture.
One can debate, of course, the precise definition of "book value" for Britain's banks, but a fair guess is that it amounts to the capital they hold.
Typically banks are valued as a multiple of book value.
Its price is 90% of book value.
The stock sells at 20% of book value.
Advanta, based in Spring House, Pa., said the sale converted a "substantial amount" of its book value to cash.
Currently our "Dow Bond" can be purchased at a significant discount (at about 840 vs. 940 "principal amount," or book value of the Dow. Figures are based on the old Dow, prior to the recent substitutions. The returns would be moderately higher and the book values somewhat lower if the new Dow had been used).
In the current study market value of equity is replaced by book value of equity.
MTB is the market to book ratio calculated as market capitalization divided by book value of total assets.
To this, one can add the amount of assets minus liabilities (using book value instead of stock price, which would double-count earning potential).
Now if you took Amazon, you would be very hard- pressed to come up with any amount of books you can imagine are going to be sold [to justify the market value].
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