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Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) Graham Number : R16.07 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Adcorp Holdings 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 (2024-05-15), the stock price of Adcorp Holdings is R3.96. Adcorp Holdings's graham number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was R16.07. Therefore, Adcorp Holdings's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.25.

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

JSE:ADR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 1.58   Max: 6.07
Current: 0.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Adcorp Holdings was 6.07. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 1.58.

JSE:ADR's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
97.95% of 683 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.31 vs JSE:ADR: 0.25

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


Adcorp Holdings Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Adcorp Holdings'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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Adcorp Holdings Graham Number Chart

Adcorp Holdings Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.41 - 1.07 12.91 16.71

Adcorp Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
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 4.33 12.91 12.93 16.71 16.07

Competitive Comparison of Adcorp Holdings's Graham Number

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Adcorp Holdings'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.


Adcorp Holdings's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Adcorp Holdings's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Adcorp Holdings Graham Number Calculation

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

Adcorp Holdings's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*8.699*1.426)
=16.71

Adcorp Holdings's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*7.619*1.506)
=16.07

* 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.


Adcorp Holdings  (JSE:ADR) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=3.96/16.07
=0.25

* 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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Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
102 Western Service Road, Adcorp Place, Gallo Manor Ext 6, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2191
Adcorp Holdings Ltd is engaged in providing workplace solutions. The company renders services in the fields of permanent recruitment and flexible staffing sectors, professional IT services, as well as the provision of business process outsourcing, training, and financial services. Its operating segments are Industrial Services, Professional Services, Training Services, and Australia. The geographical segments are South Africa and International.

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