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Some financial analysts use price-to-book ratios to identify stocks they consider to be overvalued or undervalued.
You figure this ratio by dividing a stock's market price per share by its book value per share.
Other analysts argue that book value reveals very little about a company's financial situation or its prospects for future performance.
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