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John Bean Technologies (John Bean Technologies) Graham Number : $27.64 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is John Bean Technologies 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 John Bean Technologies is $90.68. John Bean Technologies's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.64. Therefore, John Bean Technologies's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.28.

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

JBT' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19   Med: 3.68   Max: 3.68
Current: 3.26

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of John Bean Technologies was 3.68. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 3.68.

JBT's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
82.14% of 2212 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.51 vs JBT: 3.26

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


John Bean Technologies Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for John Bean 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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John Bean Technologies Graham Number Chart

John Bean Technologies 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 - - - - 27.01

John Bean Technologies 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 - - - 25.32 27.64

Competitive Comparison of John Bean Technologies's Graham Number

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, John Bean 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.


John Bean Technologies's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, John Bean Technologies's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



John Bean Technologies Graham Number Calculation

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

John Bean Technologies'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*7.908*4.1)
=27.01

John Bean Technologies'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*7.908*4.295)
=27.64

* 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.


John Bean Technologies  (NYSE:JBT) 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.

John Bean Technologies's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=90.68/27.64
=3.28

* 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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John Bean Technologies (John Bean Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
70 West Madison Street, Suite 4400, Chicago, IL, USA, 60602
John Bean Technologies spun out of FMC Technologies in August 2008. Over half of JBT's sales are made in the United States. Its FoodTech business provides both customized and turnkey industrial solutions for the food and beverage industry, including a large variety of protein processing and packaging solutions, as well as fruit and juice extraction and ready-to-eat solutions.
Executives
Caroline Maury Devine director ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES INC, 45200 BUSINESS COURT, DULLES VA 20166
Polly B Kawalek director 1600 ROYAL STREET, JASPER IN 47549
Brian A Deck officer: VP & CFO 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, CHICAGO IL 60602
Luiz Augusto Rizzolo officer: EVP & President of DF&H 70 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
Jack Martin officer: EVP & CSC Officer 70 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
Charles L. Harrington director 5875 TRINITY PKWY #300, CENTREVILLE VA 20120
James M Ringler director 2211 H.H. DOW WAY, MIDLAND MI 48674
Carlos Fernandez officer: EVP & President, Liquid Foods 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
James L Marvin officer: VP, Gen Counsel, and Secretary 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, CHICAGO IL 60602
Robert James Petrie officer: EVP & President, Protein 70 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
Shelley Rae Bridarolli officer: EVP, Human Resources 70 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
Paul Sternlieb officer: EVP & President, Protein 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
David C Burdakin officer: Vice President 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
Kristina L Paschall officer: EVP, CIO & CDO 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
Matthew J Meister officer: Interim CFO 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602