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Splunk (Splunk) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Splunk 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 (2024-05-05), the stock price of Splunk is $156.90. Splunk's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $N/A. Therefore, Splunk's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Splunk was 14.43. The lowest was 8.81. And the median was 9.90.

SPLK's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.26
* 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.


Splunk Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Splunk'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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Splunk Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Splunk's Graham Number

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Splunk'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.


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

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

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



Splunk Graham Number Calculation

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

Splunk's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*-4.41*1.52)
=N/A

Splunk's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*-4.41*2.35)
=N/A

* 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.


Splunk  (NAS:SPLK) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=156.90/N/A
=N/A

* 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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Splunk (Splunk) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
270 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Splunk is a cloud-first software company that focuses on analyzing machine data. The company is a major player in two markets: security, and full-stack monitoring and analysis. The San Francisco-based firm focuses on enterprise clients, with more than 90% of the Fortune 100 using its solutions. The firm's top line consists of the sale of software licenses, cloud subscriptions, and maintenance and support.
Executives
Scott Morgan officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O SPLUNK INC.,270 BRANNAN STREET, SAN JOSE CA 94107
Christian Smith officer: SVP, Chief Revenue Officer C/O SPLUNK INC., 270 BRANNAN ST CA 94107
Gary Steele director, officer: President and CEO C/O PROOFPOINT, INC., 892 ROSS DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Elisa Steele director 1601 CLOVERFIELD BLVD, STE 620 SOUTH, SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Yamini Rangan director 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Brian Kayman officer: Chief Accounting Officer 270 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Tom Casey officer: SVP, GM Platform C/O SPLUNK INC., 270 BRANNAN ST CA 94107
Brian Keith Roberts officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 5000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Richard P Wallace director KLA TENCOR, 160 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
David R Tunnell director C/O HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN, 415 MISSION STREET SUITE 5700, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jason Child officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O SPLUNK INC., 270 BRANNAN ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Shawn Bice officer: President of PROD & TECH C/O SPLUNK INC., 270 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Timothy Emanuelson officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O SPLUNK INC., 270 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Luis Felipe Visoso director C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30 3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Graham Smith director 301 BRANNMAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107