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Daktronics (Daktronics) Graham Number

: $11.38 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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 Daktronics is $9.23. Daktronics's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $11.38. Therefore, Daktronics's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.81.

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

DAKT' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67   Med: 1.85   Max: 7.15
Current: 0.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Daktronics was 7.15. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 1.85.

DAKT's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
81.57% of 1579 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.48 vs DAKT: 0.82

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


Daktronics Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Daktronics'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.

* Premium members only.

Daktronics Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.77 4.80 1.13 5.51

Daktronics Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 - 5.31 9.55 11.37 11.38

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Daktronics'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.


Daktronics Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

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



Daktronics Graham Number Calculation

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

Daktronics's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*4.509*0.299)
=5.51

Daktronics'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*5.241*1.098)
=11.38

* 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.


Daktronics  (NAS:DAKT) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=9.23/11.38
=0.81

* 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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Daktronics (Daktronics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
201 Daktronics Drive, Brookings, SD, USA, 57006
Daktronics Inc designs and manufactures electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems, and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial and transportation applications. It is engaged in a full range of activities: marketing and sales, engineering and product design and development, manufacturing, technical contracting, professional services, and customer service and support. The company offers a complete line of products, from small scoreboards and electronic displays to large multimillion-dollar video display systems as well as related control, timing, and sound systems. The company has five reportable segments such as Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International. The company makes majority of its revenue from Live events.
Executives
Bradley T Wiemann other: VP, Commercial & Trans Mkts 225 TRAIL RIDGE RD, BROOKINGS SD 57006
Matthew John Kurtenbach other: VP of Manufacturing 1016 CHRISTINE AVE, BROOKINGS SD 57006
Howard I Atkins director OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, STE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Andrew David Siegel director 1350 E FLAMINGO RD, #253, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Shereta Diana Williams director 1124 KNOTT ST SE, ATLANTA GA 30316-3124
Lance Dean Bultena director 2620 N. UNDERWOOD STREET, ARLINGTON VA 22213
Reece A Kurtenbach other: Vice President, Video Systems 201 DAKTRONICS DR., BROOKINGS SD 57006-5128
Sheila Mae Anderson officer: CFO & Treasurer 3310 WALNUT LN, BROOKINGS SD 57006
Jose-marie Griffiths director 1022 NE 9TH ST, MADISON SD 57042
Carla S Gatzke officer: Secretary
John L Mulligan director 2417 EAST SOLANO DR, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Nancy D Frame director P O BOX PCS 116, PARIS I0 09777
Byron J Anderson director 395 PAGE MILL RD, MS A3 18, PALO ALTO CA 94306
James B Morgan director, officer: CEO & President 2834 WESTERN AVE S, BROOKINGS SD 57006
Kevin Patrick Mcdermott director 436 ROYAL OAKS DRIVE, NASHVILLE TN 37205