Value investors have, over the years, preferred the price-to-earnings ratio or P/E, as a means to identify value stocks. However, in the case of loss-making companies that have a negative ...

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 ...

A low price relative to book value used to signal a bargain. Nowadays it provides only a hint of value. Divide a company’s market capitalization by its shareholders’ equity and you get the price to ...

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 ...

The S&P 500 is historically expensive, ranking the top 1, 2, or 3 in price-to-earnings, price-to-sales, price-to-book, and dividend yield metrics over the past 60 years. The 12-month trailing PE ratio ...

In value investing, it is a common practice to pick stocks that are cheap but fundamentally strong. There are a number of investment styles to suit the predilection of hundreds of investors looking ...