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CKX Lands (CKX Lands) Graham Number

: $1.64 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of CKX Lands is $13.6816. CKX Lands's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.64. Therefore, CKX Lands's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 8.34.

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

CKX' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.57   Med: 2.26   Max: 8.77
Current: 8.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of CKX Lands was 8.77. The lowest was 1.57. And the median was 2.26.

CKX's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
98.76% of 646 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.85 vs CKX: 8.34

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


CKX Lands Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for CKX Lands'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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CKX Lands Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.12 2.30 2.01 - 1.51

CKX Lands Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 1.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, CKX Lands'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.


CKX Lands Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

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



CKX Lands Graham Number Calculation

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

CKX Lands'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*9.199*0.011)
=1.51

CKX Lands'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*9.199*0.013)
=1.64

* 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.


CKX Lands  (AMEX:CKX) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=13.6816/1.64
=8.34

* 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.


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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CKX Lands (CKX Lands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2417 Shell Beach Drive, Lake Charles, LA, USA, 70601
CKX Lands Inc is a Louisiana corporation organized to receive non-producing mineral royalties spun off by a southwest Louisiana bank. It operates in three segments: Oil and Gas, Surface, and Timber. The company owns land and mineral interests and collects income through its ownership in the form of oil and gas royalties, surface leases for farming, the right of way and other uses, and timber sales. The company's oil and gas royalties are paid by the operators who own the wells and timber income is paid by the highest bidder for the timber.
Executives
Max H. Hart director P.O. BOX 1700, OPELOUSAS LA 70571
William Gray Stream director 2417 SHELL BEACH DRIVE, LAKE CHARLES LA 70601
Daniel J Englander director C/O AMERICA'S CARMART, 802 SOUTHEAST PLAZA AVE #200, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
Scott Adams Stepp officer: Chief Financial Officer 2417 SHELL BEACH DRIVE, LAKE CHARLES LA 70601
Lane T Lamure director POST OFFICE BOX 11941, JACKSON WY 83002
Ellington Edward Moreland Ii director 1232 CYPRESS HARBOR DRIVE, LAKE CHARLES LA 70605
Lee W. Boyer director 127 W. BROAD ST., 4TH FLOOR, LAKE CHARLES LA 70601
Donald Keith Duplechin director 131 STATE STREET, LAKE CHARLES LA 70605
Ottley Properties, Llc 10 percent owner 337 METAIRIE ROAD, SUITE 202, METAIRIE LA 70005
Minvielle Iv Eugene T director P.O. BOX 51684, LAFAYETTE LA 70505
Lee Bert Appleberry director 315 NORTH WILCREST DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77079
Charles D Viccellio director, officer: Vice President & Secretary 4113 BEAU CHENE DRIVE, LAKE CHARLES LA 70605
Elizabeth Brooks Hollins director 1128 BIRDNEST ROAD, LAKE CHARLES X1 70611
Michael B White 10 percent owner 337 METAIRIE ROAD, SUITE 202, METAIRIE LA 70005
Mary W Savoy director 1407 ALVIN STREET, LAKE CHARLES LA 70601

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