Saturday, February 4, 2012

  • What is meant by Book Value of the Company?



    Source: Wikihow
    Book Value is the terminology of accounting. It is also called "Carried Value".
    Lets derive the meaning from the term itself.
    Books implies Account statements records and ultimately the Balance sheet.
    Value implies the monetary worth shown in the records and finally in Balance sheet.


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    Hence, 
    The book value of the company is the net worth that appears in the balance sheet.

    Net worth is actually the Net Asset that a company has.

    Obvious question here: Why Net Assets ?
    Because, this is the only thing that a company actually possesses and can liquidify into some value.

    Another question arises: How this Book Value calculated ?
    Answer:
    BV = COA - DOA

    BV = Book Value 
    COA = Cost of Asset (i.e Valuation of Asset)
    DOA = Depreciation Value of  Asset

    Finally the book value of the company is the value in books of accounts that a company can convert in some value and give it to its shareholders.

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