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 (2024-04-23), the stock price of API Technologies is $2.00. API Technologies's graham number for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2016 was $N/A. Therefore, API Technologies's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.
The historical rank and industry rank for API Technologies's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:
ATNY's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 1.93 * 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.
API Technologies Graham Number Historical Data
The historical data trend for API Technologies'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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Competitive Comparison
For the Semiconductors subindustry, API Technologies'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.
API Technologies Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, API Technologies's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where API Technologies's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.
API Technologies Graham Number Calculation
Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.
API Technologies's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2015 is calculated as
* 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.
API Technologies (NAS:ATNY) 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.
API Technologies's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as
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* 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.
API Technologies Graham Number Related Terms
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API Technologies (API Technologies) Business Description
API Technologies Corp was incorporated on February 2, 1999 under the laws of the State of Delaware under the name Rubicon Ventures Inc. On November 6, 2006, API changed its name to "API Nanotronics Corp," and subsequently changed its name to API Technologies Corp. on October 22, 2009. The Company through its three business segments-Systems, Subsystems & Components, Electronic Manufacturing Services and Secure Systems & Information Assurance. It designs, develops and manufactures systems, subsystems, RF and secure solutions, as well as provides electronics manufacturing and high-quality engineering services for technically demanding, high-reliability applications. Solutions areas include systems, subsystems and components which includes RF/microwave and microelectronics products, electromagnetics, power and systems solutions products, and sensors, Secure Systems and Information Assurance includes TEMPEST and emanation security, rugged communications products, encryption, and secure networking products and Electronics Manufacturing Services, which involves the production of circuit card assemblies, electromechanical assemblies, and box builds used in defense, industrial and commercial applications. The Company also operates several manufacturing facilities throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Mexico and China. Its customer base spans defense, aerospace, industrial, communications, medical, and government agencies, including the governments of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, & other countries. The Company is subject to federal contracting laws and regulations, including the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the False Claims Act.
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