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MYR Group (MYR Group) Graham Number : $56.41 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is MYR Group 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of MYR Group is $168.16. MYR Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $56.41. Therefore, MYR Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.98.

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

MYRG' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.06   Med: 1.76   Max: 2.99
Current: 2.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of MYR Group was 2.99. The lowest was 1.06. And the median was 1.76.

MYRG's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
88.08% of 1133 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1 vs MYRG: 2.98

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


MYR Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for MYR Group'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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MYR Group Graham Number Chart

MYR Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.34 37.54 50.95 48.27 56.32

MYR Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 48.26 50.03 52.51 55.01 56.41

Competitive Comparison of MYR Group's Graham Number

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, MYR Group'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.


MYR Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, MYR Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



MYR Group Graham Number Calculation

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

MYR Group'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*27.015*5.218)
=56.32

MYR Group'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*27.015*5.235)
=56.41

* 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.


MYR Group  (NAS:MYRG) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=168.16/56.41
=2.98

* 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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MYR Group (MYR Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
12121 Grant Street, Suite 610, Thornton, CO, USA, 80241
MYR Group Inc is a U.S.-based holding company that provides specialty electrical construction services through its subsidiaries. The company operates through two segments. The transmission and distribution segment provides designing, engineering, procurement, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair services on transmission and distribution network and substation facilities. The commercial and industrial segment provides services such as the design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wiring, installation of traffic networks, and the installation of bridges. MYR Group generates the majority of its sales from the United States and Canada.
Executives
Swartz Richard S. Jr. officer: Group VP MYR GROUP INC., 1701 GOLF ROAD SUITE 3-1012, ROLLING MEADOWS IL 60008-4210
William Fry officer: VP, CLO and Secretary 10370 RICHMOND AVE, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77042
Don A. Egan officer: SVP and COO C&I 12121 GRANT STREET, SUITE 610, THORNTON CO 80241
Maurice E. Moore director 1100 LATHROP AVENUE, RIVER FOREST IL 60305
Betty R. Johnson director 1115 CENTRAL AVE #239, NAPLES FL 34103
Jennifer Elaine Lowry director 2 HOLLINS AVE, BALTIMORE MD 21210
Jeffrey J. Waneka officer: SVP and COO C&I 1701 GOLF ROAD, SUITE 3-1012, ROLLING MEADOWS IL 60008
Tod M. Cooper officer: Senior Vice President 1701 GOLF RD, SUITE 3-1012, ROLLING MEADOWS IL 60008
Bradley Thede Favreau director 438 CLEARMONT AVE, APT C, BROOKLYN NY 11238
Kelly Michelle Huntington officer: Senior VP 7575 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46240
Ajoy Hari Karna director 2501 M ST NW, UNIT 508, WASHINGTON DC 20037
William A Koertner director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO MYR GROUP INC., 1701 GOLF ROAD SUITE 3-1012, ROLLING MEADOWS IL 60008-4210
Shirin O'connor director 3054 CREEKSIDE DRIVE, SENECA SC 29672
William Patterson director 60 ARDMORE ROAD, HO-HO-KUS NJ 07423
Gary Ronald Johnson director 6599 PINNACLE DRIVE, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55346