Book Value per Share

Calculate the book value per share, a valuation ratio that measures the amount of common equity value per share outstanding.

The book value per share is a fundamental valuation metric that reflects the net worth of a company attributed to each outstanding share of common stock.

The formula is as follows:

\[\text{Book Value per Share} = (\text{Total Shareholder Equity} - \text{Preferred Stock}) / \text{Weighted Average} (\text{Diluted}) \text{Shares}\]

Also known as: BVPS, net asset value per share.

Install the Finance Toolkit with:

pip install financetoolkit -U

Then call get_book_value_per_share as shown below.

from financetoolkit import Toolkit

toolkit = Toolkit(
    ["CB", "TRV", "ALL"],
    api_key="FINANCIAL_MODELING_PREP_KEY",
    start_date="2021-01-01",
    end_date="2025-12-31",
)

toolkit.ratios.get_book_value_per_share()

Or, after setting up the Finance Toolkit MCP, ask:

How did the book value per share of Chubb, Travelers and Allstate develop from 2021 to 2025?

Which returns:

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ALL	77.5961	57.2198	60.0724	72.5952	108.081
CB	134.734	119.282	143.666	155.426	186.02
TRV	115.179	89.9458	107.326	120.571	144.525

Parameters

get_book_value_per_share accepts the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
`diluted`	`bool`	Whether to use diluted shares in the calculation. Defaults to True.	`False`
`rounding`	`int \| None`	The number of decimals to round the results to. Defaults to None, which uses the rounding of the Toolkit (4 unless set otherwise).	`2`
`growth`	`bool`	Whether to calculate the growth of the ratios. Defaults to False.	`True`
`lag`	`int \| list[int]`	The lag to use for the growth calculation. Defaults to 1.	`4`
`compound`	`bool`	Whether the growth is the compound annual growth rate over the lag (e.g. lag=5 for the five-year CAGR) instead of the total change. Defaults to False.	`False`
`standardize`	`bool`	Whether to standardize (Z-Score) the result. When combined with growth=True, standardizes the growth values instead of the raw values. Defaults to False.	`True`
`trailing`	`int`	The number of periods to sum flows (income and cash flow statement items) over, with balance sheet items averaged over the same number of period ends. E.g. 4 with quarterly data gives the trailing twelve months (TTM) and 3 with annual data a three-year cumulative figure. Defaults to None, which uses single-period flows (per quarter and not annualized with quarterly data).	`4`

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Parameters

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