How do you determine the price per share for a company?

Question

Is it the total assets minus the total liabilities divided by number of shares?

Answer 1

price per share is determined by the market

Answer 2

That is the value of the stock, but not necessarily what it it is worth in the open market

Answer 3

The price per share of a given company is determined by the market place.

It is that amount that some one is willing to buy a share and another is willing to sell it for.

Assets, liabilities, capital have no bearing on the price of a share of stock.

Answer 4

Assuming it is a public company, use Yahoo Finance and enter the stock symbol.

If it is a private company, outsiders can not determine the price per share.

If it is a foreign company, it is risky to try a determine a price per share.