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Dorchester Minerals LP (Dorchester Minerals LP) Graham Number : $17.34 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Dorchester Minerals LP Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-05-01), the stock price of Dorchester Minerals LP is $32.21. Dorchester Minerals LP's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.34. Therefore, Dorchester Minerals LP's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.86.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dorchester Minerals LP's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

DMLP' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.48   Med: 1.86   Max: 3.08
Current: 1.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Dorchester Minerals LP was 3.08. The lowest was 1.48. And the median was 1.86.

DMLP's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
82.72% of 648 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.855 vs DMLP: 1.86

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Dorchester Minerals LP Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dorchester Minerals LP's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dorchester Minerals LP Graham Number Chart

Dorchester Minerals LP Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.46 5.78 12.97 18.36 17.34

Dorchester Minerals LP Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.36 17.73 15.38 16.62 17.34

Competitive Comparison of Dorchester Minerals LP's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Dorchester Minerals LP's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dorchester Minerals LP's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Dorchester Minerals LP's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dorchester Minerals LP's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Dorchester Minerals LP Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Dorchester Minerals LP's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*4.688*2.85)
=17.34

Dorchester Minerals LP's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*4.688*2.85)
=17.34

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Dorchester Minerals LP  (NAS:DMLP) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Dorchester Minerals LP's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=32.21/17.34
=1.86

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Dorchester Minerals LP (Dorchester Minerals LP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3838 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 300, Dallas, TX, USA, 75219
Dorchester Minerals LP operates as the owner of producing and non-producing crude oil and natural gas mineral, royalty, overriding royalty, net profits, and leasehold interests. The company generates revenues from royalties, net profits interests, lease bonus, and others. It has leasehold interests in approximately 592 counties and parishes in around 28 states.
Executives
Dorchester Minerals Operating Lp other: Entity Under Common Control 3838 OAK LAWN AVE, STE 300, DALLAS TX 75219
Bradley J Ehrman officer: Chief Operating Officer 3838 OAK LAWN AVE, STE 300, DALLAS TX 75219
Leslie A Moriyama officer: Chief Financial Officer 3838 OAK LAWN AVE, STE 300, DALLAS TX 75219
William Casey Mcmanemin director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P., 3838 OAK LAWN, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75219
Martha Rochelle director 3838 OAK LAWN AVENUE, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75219
Allen H C Jr director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 3838 OAK LAWN, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75219
Robert C Vaughn director 3838 OAK LAWN AVENUE, SUITE 710, DALLAS TX 75219
Allen D Lassiter director 25 HIGHLAND PARK VILLAGE, STE 100-780, DALLAS TX 75205
James E Raley director, officer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 9666 ATHERTON DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75243
Buford P Berry director 1700 PACIFIC, SUITE 3300, DALLAS TX 75201
Charles William Russell director 4695 N FM 2869, WINNSBORO TX 75494
Preston A Peak director 3838 OAK LAWN AVENUE, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75219
Ronald Paul Trout director 1241 MOHAWK TRAIL, RICHARDSON, RICHARDSON TX 75080
Lucent Technologies Inc. Master Pension Trust 10 percent owner 600 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, ROOM 7D-523, MURRAY HILL NJ 07974
Wolf Partners Red 10 percent owner 3738 OAK LAWN AVE STE 300, DALLAS TX 75201

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