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Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (Shenandoah Telecommunications Co) Graham Number : $7.03 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Shenandoah Telecommunications Co 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 (2024-04-26), the stock price of Shenandoah Telecommunications Co is $13.95. Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.03. Therefore, Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.99.

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

SHEN' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.97   Med: 3.08   Max: 17.16
Current: 1.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Shenandoah Telecommunications Co was 17.16. The lowest was 1.97. And the median was 3.08.

SHEN's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
67.14% of 210 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.505 vs SHEN: 1.97

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


Shenandoah Telecommunications Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shenandoah Telecommunications Co'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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Shenandoah Telecommunications Co Graham Number Chart

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co 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 2.64 2.52 8.23 - 7.10

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co 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 - - 2.85 5.38 7.03

Competitive Comparison of Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Graham Number

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Shenandoah Telecommunications Co'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.


Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Shenandoah Telecommunications Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co'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*11.369*0.197)
=7.10

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co'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*11.369*0.193)
=7.03

* 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.


Shenandoah Telecommunications Co  (NAS:SHEN) 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.

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=13.95/7.03
=1.99

* 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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Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (Shenandoah Telecommunications Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
500 Shentel Way, Edinburg, VA, USA, 22824
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, with its subsidiaries, provides various broadband communication products and services via its wireless, cable, fiber optic, and fixed wireless networks to customers in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The company operates through two business units: tower and broadband. The tower segment leases company-owned cell tower spaces to other wireless communication providers, while the broadband segment provides broadband Internet, video, and voice services to residential and commercial customers. The broadband segment generates the vast majority of the company's revenue, with the bulk of sales flowing from residential and small, and medium businesses within the broadband unit.
Executives
Tracy Fitzsimmons director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Koontz Richard L Jr director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Kenneth L Quaglio director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Thomas Beckett director 111 W. CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV 25414
Victor Christopher Barnes director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Christopher E French officer: President & CEO PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Heather K Banks officer: VP & Chief HRO PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Dara Leslie officer: SVP Sales & Marketing PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Derek Rieger officer: VP-Legal/Gen Counsel & Sec PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Dennis Romps officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 12018 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE 600, RESTON VA 20191
David L Heimbach officer: Executive VP & COO 221 E. FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
William L Pirtle other: VP-PCS PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Thomas A Whitaker officer: VP-Wireless & Cable Operations PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
James J Volk officer: SR VP FINANCE & CFO
Chase L Stobbe officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824