1 Most commonly used by analysts, the book value per share is the difference between the value of a corporation's tangible assets and its liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding.

2 A stock's book value per share is a measure of how much a common stockholder could expect to receive for each share if the corporation were liquidated.

3 Book value per share declined 6% in the latest quarter, mostly because of a decline in the value of Berkshire's investments.

4 The book value per share of common stock expresses the relationship of common stockholders' equity to the number of shares of common stock outstanding.

5 Book Value per share was $5.33, up from $5.28 in the prior quarter.

6 The book value per share can – and usually does – differ substantially from a stock's market value.

7 Book value per share is equal to the net assets represented by one share of stock.

8 By Buffett's preferred measure of performance -- book value per share -- Berkshire fell 9.6 percent in 2008.

9 Mr. Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, reported a 62 percent drop in net income for 2008 and posted a decline in book value per share for only the second time since he took control in 1965.

10 Since the mid-1960s, his company, Berkshire Hathaway, has grown its book value per share by an average of about 20% a year -- or 16% a year after counting inflation.

11 Buffett used the average rate of return on equity and average retention ratio to calculate a company's sustainable growth rate. The SGR is used to calculate the book value per share in the future.

12 What is the current dividend per share? Dividend yield ? ESP? PE ratio? Book value per share?