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For my example I'll say it's share price is $.60 per $1 in net assets. Let's say there's 100 shares outstanding. Wouldn't this mean I could buy the company for $60, and then sell off all its net assets for $100? If this is the case, why would any company with a p/b ratio below 1 not be immediately acquired?
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TUBInvesting
08 Mar 2019
Finance at Singapore Management University
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This is because as some people stated, there is a reason they are trading below their book value.
This could be for example, lower growth expected in future, negative earnings, significant debt, etc.
In addition, if you are looking a liquidation value, you can never have a fire sale on something and expect the value to be realised.