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UNS Energy (FRA:UEY) Graham Number : €33.46 (As of Jun. 2014)


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What is UNS Energy 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 (2024-05-27), the stock price of UNS Energy is €37.08. UNS Energy's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was €33.46. Therefore, UNS Energy's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.11.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of UNS Energy was 6.71. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 1.03.

FRA:UEY's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 1.14
* 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.


UNS Energy Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for UNS Energy'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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UNS Energy Graham Number Chart

UNS Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.40 26.59 27.93 27.07 31.45

UNS Energy Quarterly Data
Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14
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 29.14 31.68 31.90 32.09 33.46

Competitive Comparison of UNS Energy's Graham Number

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, UNS Energy'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.


UNS Energy's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, UNS Energy's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



UNS Energy Graham Number Calculation

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

UNS Energy's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*19.815*2.219)
=31.45

UNS Energy's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*20.31*2.45)
=33.46

* 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.


UNS Energy  (FRA:UEY) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2014 )
=37.08/33.46
=1.11

* 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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UNS Energy (FRA:UEY) Business Description

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UNS Energy Corp is the holding company. The Company generates, purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy to retail and wholesale customers.

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