Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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 ...

There are several different ways to find value stocks. Among these, the most popular are the price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) and the price-to-sales ratio (P/S). However, investors often overlook the ...

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 ...

Finding value stocks is not easy. Being aware of a company's key financial numbers, like earnings per share and sales growth, can help investors identify stocks that are trading for less than what ...

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 ...

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 ...