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SunCoke Energy (SunCoke Energy) Graham Number : $10.24 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SunCoke Energy 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 (2024-04-25), the stock price of SunCoke Energy is $10.32. SunCoke Energy's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.24. Therefore, SunCoke Energy's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.01.

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

SXC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65   Med: 1.04   Max: 9.15
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of SunCoke Energy was 9.15. The lowest was 0.65. And the median was 1.04.

SXC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
56.76% of 451 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 0.88 vs SXC: 1.00

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


SunCoke Energy Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for SunCoke Energy'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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SunCoke Energy Graham Number Chart

SunCoke Energy 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 6.61 - 10.00 13.32 10.32

SunCoke Energy 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 13.32 12.46 12.82 10.03 10.24

Competitive Comparison of SunCoke Energy's Graham Number

For the Coking Coal subindustry, SunCoke Energy'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.


SunCoke Energy's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, SunCoke Energy's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



SunCoke Energy Graham Number Calculation

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

SunCoke Energy'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*6.962*0.68)
=10.32

SunCoke Energy'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*6.962*0.67)
=10.24

* 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.


SunCoke Energy  (NYSE:SXC) 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.

SunCoke Energy's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=10.32/10.24
=1.01

* 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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SunCoke Energy (SunCoke Energy) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1011 Warrenville Road, Suite 600, Lisle, IL, USA, 60532
SunCoke Energy Inc operates as an independent producer of coke in the Americas. The company operates through three segments: Domestic Coke, Brazil Coke, and Logistics. It offers metallurgical and thermal coal. The company also provides handling and/or mixing services to steel, coke, electric utility, coal producing, and other manufacturing-based customers.
Executives
Phillip Michael Hardesty officer: Senior Vice President SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC., 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD, STE 600, LISLE IL 60532
Andrei Alexander Mikhalevsky director 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD, STE 600, LISLE IL 60532
Michael Ward Lewis director 2551 GLEN EAGLES DRIVE, OLYMPIA FIELDS IL 60461
Della Ratta Ralph M Jr director 1690 CHAGRIN RIVER ROAD, GATES MILLS OH 44040
Arthur F Anton director 29500 SOLON ROAD, SOLON OH 44139
Martha Z. Carnes director 6316 WINDFERN ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77040
Mark W. Marinko officer: SR VP, Chief Financial Officer C/O GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORP., 2122 YORK ROAD, SUITE 200, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Katherine T Gates officer: Sr VP & General Counsel 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 600, LISLE IL 60532
Bonnie M Edeus officer: Vice President & Controller 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD, STE 600, LISLE IL 60532
James E Sweetnam director DANA HOLDING CORPORATION, 3939 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MAUMEE OH 43537
John W Rowe director
John F Quanci officer: Vice President, Technology and 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD STE 600, LISLE IL 60532
Michael G Rippey director, officer: President and CEO C/O OLYMPIC STEEL, INC., 22901 MILLCREEK BLVD., HIGHLAND HILLS OH 44122
Susan R. Landahl director 24545 S. MOORMAN AVENUE, CHANNAHON IL 60410
Mangrove Partners Fund (cayman), Ltd. 10 percent owner MAPLES CORP. SVCS, PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, S. CHURCH STREET, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-1104