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DuPont de Nemours (DuPont de Nemours) Graham Number

: $16.46 (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 DuPont de Nemours is $73.89. DuPont de Nemours's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.46. Therefore, DuPont de Nemours's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.49.

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

DD' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.23   Med: 3.01   Max: 9.51
Current: 4.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of DuPont de Nemours was 9.51. The lowest was 1.23. And the median was 3.01.

DD's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
93.04% of 1150 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.37 vs DD: 4.49

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


DuPont de Nemours Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for DuPont de Nemours'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.

DuPont de Nemours 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 - 10.49 17.59 22.77 17.82

DuPont de Nemours 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 24.58 25.36 25.33 11.88 16.46

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, DuPont de Nemours'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.


DuPont de Nemours Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, DuPont de Nemours's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



DuPont de Nemours Graham Number Calculation

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

DuPont de Nemours'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*4.057*3.48)
=17.82

DuPont de Nemours'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*4.057*2.967)
=16.46

* 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.


DuPont de Nemours  (NYSE:DD) 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.

DuPont de Nemours's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=73.89/16.46
=4.49

* 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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DuPont de Nemours (DuPont de Nemours) Business Description

Address
974 Centre Road, Building 730, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19805
DuPont is a diversified global specialty chemicals company created in 2019 as a result of the DowDuPont merger and subsequent separations. Its portfolio includes specialty chemicals and downstream products that serve the electronics and communication, automotive, construction, safety and protection, and water management industries. DuPont benefits from the ability to produce patented specialty chemicals that command pricing power. Noteworthy products include Kevlar, Tyvek, and Nomex, which have evolved over time to enable a wide range of applications across multiple industries.
Executives
Raj Ratnakar officer: SVP & Chief Strategy Officer C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BOULEVARD, EVERETT WA 98203
Jon D. Kemp officer: President, Electronics & Indus 974 CENTRE ROAD, CRP 730, WILMINGTON DE 19805
Michael G. Goss officer: Controller 974 CENTRE ROAD, CRP 730, WILMINGTON DE 19805
Kristina M Johnson director 19 HEATH PL, DURHAM NC 27705
Amy G. Brady director 127 PUBLIC SQUARE, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Deanna Mulligan director 7 HANOVER SQUARE, NEW YORK NY 10004
Du Pont Eleuthere I director 1007 MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19810
Raymond J Milchovich director C/O FOSTER WHEELER LTD, PERRYVILLE CORP PARK, CLINTON NJ 08809-4000
Kissam Luther C Iv director 3801 BERESFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Ruby R Chandy director 630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 400, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Frederick M. Lowery director 974 CENTRE ROAD, CRP 730, WILMINGTON DE 19805
Steven Sterin director 19100 RIDGEWOOD PARKWAY, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
Terrence R Curtin director C/O TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD., 1050 WESTLAKES DRIVE, BERWYN PA 19312
Alexander M Cutler director EATON CENTER, 1111 SUPERIOR AVENUE, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Leland Weaver officer: President, Water & Protection 974 CENTRE ROAD, CRP 730, 5216, WILMINGTON DE 19805

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