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ChannelAdvisor (ChannelAdvisor) Graham Number : $11.27 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is ChannelAdvisor 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 (2024-05-29), the stock price of ChannelAdvisor is $23.09. ChannelAdvisor's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $11.27. Therefore, ChannelAdvisor's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.05.

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

ECOM's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

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


ChannelAdvisor Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for ChannelAdvisor'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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ChannelAdvisor Graham Number Chart

ChannelAdvisor Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 2.68 6.81 13.17

ChannelAdvisor Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 7.50 13.17 12.71 11.78 11.27

Competitive Comparison of ChannelAdvisor's Graham Number

For the Software - Application subindustry, ChannelAdvisor'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.


ChannelAdvisor's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, ChannelAdvisor's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



ChannelAdvisor Graham Number Calculation

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

ChannelAdvisor's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*5.137*1.5)
=13.17

ChannelAdvisor's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*4.798*1.177)
=11.27

* 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.


ChannelAdvisor  (NYSE:ECOM) 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.

ChannelAdvisor's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2022 )
=23.09/11.27
=2.05

* 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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ChannelAdvisor (ChannelAdvisor) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3025 Carrington Mill Boulevard, Suite 500, Morrisville, NC, USA, 27560
ChannelAdvisor Corp is a provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions for retailers and manufacturers. Its solutions enable clients to integrate and manage its merchandise sales across multiple online channels and are offered on the firm's cloud-based platform. These solutions include inventory availability, pricing optimization, and data analytics capabilities. The company derives revenue from subscription fees to its Software-as-a-Service platform, which is typically sold on an annual basis. A majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, but it has a presence in countries across the world.
Executives
M Scot Wingo director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3000 AERIAL CTR, STE 110, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Timothy V Williams director 3100 MAIN STREET, STE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Himanshu Palsule director C/O CHANNELADVISOR, INC., 3025 CARRINGTON MILL BOULEVARD, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Janet Raye Cowell director C/O COOLEY LLP, 11951 FREEDOM DRIVE, SUITE 1600, RESTON VA 20190
Linda M. Crawford director 3365 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118
Joseph L Cowan director 9715 KEY WEST AVENUE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Marshall Heinberg director 1 CORPORATE AVENUE, ROWVILLE C3 3178
Elizabeth Segovia officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION, 3025 CARRINGTON MILL BOULEVARD, STE 500, MORRISVILLE VA 27560
Timothy Buckley director C/O RED HAT, INC, 1801 VARSITY DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
David J Spitz officer: President and COO C/O CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION, 2701 AERIAL CENTER PARKWAY, MORRISVILLE NC 27568
Marc Huffman director C/O NETSUITE INC., 2955 CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE 100, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Richard Cornetta officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION, 3025 CARRINGTON MILL BOULEVARD, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Mark Cook officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION, 3025 CARRINGTON MILL BOULEVARD, RALEIGH NC 27601
Patrick J Kerins director, 10 percent owner
Diana Semel Allen officer: VP and General Counsel C/O CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION, 2701 AERIAL CENTER PARKWAY, MORRISVILLE NC 27560