Knowles's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $11.52.
During the past 12 months, Knowles's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.60% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Knowles was 7.30% per year. The lowest was -20.00% per year. And the median was -4.50% per year.
Knowles's current price is $17.51. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $11.52. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Knowles is 1.52.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Knowles was 2.12. The lowest was 0.85. And the median was 1.35.
Knowles Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Knowles's Book Value per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Knowles's Book Value per Share
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Knowles's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Knowles's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Knowles's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Knowles's PB Ratio falls into.
Knowles Book Value per Share Calculation
Knowles's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Knowles (NYSE:KN) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
Knowles Book Value per Share Related Terms
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Knowles Corp is engaged in the manufacturing of micro-acoustic microphones and balanced armature speakers, audio solutions, high-performance capacitors, and radio frequency filtering products. It operates in three segments; the Precision Devices segment specializes in the design and delivery of high-performance capacitor products and RF solutions, Medtech & Specialty Audio segment designs and manufactures microphones and balanced armature speakers used in applications and the Consumer MEMS Microphones segment designs and manufactures micro-electro-mechanical systems microphones and audio solutions used in applications. The majority of its revenue comes from the Consumer MEMS Microphones segment.
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