5 Price-to-Book Value Stocks With Great Prospects

Among the valuation metrics, price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-sales (P/S) are more commonly used for stock selection. This is because calculations based on earnings and, to some extent, sales are easy and handy. However, the price-to-book ratio (P/B ratio) has emerged as a convenient tool for identifying low-priced stocks with high-growth prospects.The P/B ratio is used to calculate how much an investor needs to pay for each dollar of the book value of a stock. It is calculated by dividing the current c ...