S&P 500 Stocks Below Book Value
A mechanical filter over every S&P 500 constituent: the share price divided by the book value per share — the accounting value of assets minus liabilities. The screen keeps only the names the market prices below that number, which is to say below what the balance sheet claims the business is worth.
Filter Result
Run of 2026-08-17: 10 of 495 constituents traded below book value.
10 matches
| Company | Price/book |
|---|---|
| Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesARE · Real Estate | 0.528 |
| The Mosaic CompanyMOS · Basic Materials | 0.599 |
| FMC CorporationFMC · Basic Materials | 0.777 |
| Molson Coors Beverage CompanyTAP · Consumer Defensive | 0.790 |
| The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC · Consumer Defensive | 0.840 |
| Everest Group, Ltd.EG · Financial Services | 0.928 |
| Lennar CorporationLEN · Consumer Cyclical | 0.967 |
| American International Group, IAIG · Financial Services | 0.990 |
| LKQ CorporationLKQ · Consumer Cyclical | 0.999 |
| VICI Properties Inc.VICI · Real Estate | 1.000 |
This is a mechanical filter result, not investment advice or a recommendation.
Why Trading Under Book Matters
A price-to-book below one means the market values the whole company at less than its own accounting of its parts.
A Vote of No Confidence
Banks, insurers and industrials carry most of their value on the balance sheet, so for them book value is a real yardstick. When the market prices one of these below its own books, it is saying the assets are overstated, the earnings are gone, or both.
How It Is Computed
For each constituent we read the price-to-book ratio Yahoo Finance derives from the latest balance sheet and the current price. The screen matches strictly between zero and one — negative equity, which produces a meaningless ratio, is excluded rather than treated as a match.
What It Is Not
Book value is an accounting construct. It ignores intangibles a company built rather than bought, and it can sit stale for years on assets that have already lost their worth. A low ratio measures skepticism, not hidden value.
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