Tobin's Q

Tobin's Q Ratio is calculated as the market value of a company divided by the replacement value of the firm's assets.

 Tobin's Q = Market Price / Book value 

Tobin's Q greater than 1 implies that a company's stock is more expensive than the replacement cost of its assets. It indicates higher management's efficiency and higher values of intangibles like networks or the stock is overvalued.

In case of bidder management holds less 5%, when bidder offer stock to M & A, bidder stock price goes down.


Bidder's Q > Target Q


Tobin's Q Tobin's Q Reviewed by Sourabh Soni on Friday, December 27, 2013 Rating: 5

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