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Western Midstream Partners LP (Western Midstream Partners LP) Graham Number : $18.89 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Western Midstream Partners LP 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 (2024-04-24), the stock price of Western Midstream Partners LP is $35.94. Western Midstream Partners LP's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $18.89. Therefore, Western Midstream Partners LP's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.90.

The historical rank and industry rank for Western Midstream Partners LP's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

WES' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.83   Med: 1.56   Max: 17.66
Current: 1.9

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Western Midstream Partners LP was 17.66. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 1.56.

WES's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
82.66% of 646 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.87 vs WES: 1.90

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


Western Midstream Partners LP Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Midstream Partners LP'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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Western Midstream Partners LP Graham Number Chart

Western Midstream Partners LP 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 12.58 16.73 16.89 19.20 18.89

Western Midstream Partners LP 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 19.18 18.87 18.15 18.11 18.89

Competitive Comparison of Western Midstream Partners LP's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Western Midstream Partners LP'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.


Western Midstream Partners LP's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Western Midstream Partners LP's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Midstream Partners LP's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Western Midstream Partners LP Graham Number Calculation

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

Western Midstream Partners LP'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*5.826*2.723)
=18.89

Western Midstream Partners LP'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*5.826*2.722)
=18.89

* 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.


Western Midstream Partners LP  (NYSE:WES) 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.

Western Midstream Partners LP's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=35.94/18.89
=1.90

* 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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Western Midstream Partners LP (Western Midstream Partners LP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
9950 Woodloch Forest Drive, Suite 2800, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 77380
Western Midstream Partners LP is a US-based company which own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets. The company through its subsidiary is engaged in the business of gathering, processing, compressing, treating and transporting natural gas, condensate, NGLs and crude oil. It owns or has investments in assets located in the Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming), the Mid-Continent (Kansas and Oklahoma), North-central Pennsylvania and Texas.
Executives
Kerr Mcgee Corp /de 10 percent owner 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Occidental Petroleum Corp /de/ 10 percent owner 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Alejandro O Nebreda officer: SVP, Business Services 9950 WOODLOCH FOREST DR, SUITE 2800, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Michael S. Forsyth officer: SVP, North Operations 9950 WOODLOCH FOREST DR, SUITE 2800, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Daniel P. Holderman officer: SVP Co-Chief Operating Officer 9950 WOODLOCH FOREST DR, SUITE 2800, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Robert W. Bourne officer: SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 1400 16TH STREET, SUITE 310, DENVER CO 80202
Kristen S. Shults officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 9950 WOODLOCH FOREST DR, SUITE 2800, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Frederick A. Forthuber director 9950 WOODLOCH FOREST DR, SUITE 2800, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Anadarko Ush1 Corp 10 percent owner 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Anadarko Holding Co 10 percent owner 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Christopher B. Dial officer: SVP, GC and Secretary 2103 CITYWEST BLVD., BUILDING 4, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77042
Charles G. Griffie officer: SVP, Ops and Engineering 1201 LAKE ROBBINS DR, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Catherine A. Green officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 1201 LAKE ROBBINS DR, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Lisa A Stewart director EL PASO CORPORATION, 1001 LOUISIANA STREET, HOUSTON TX 77002
Craig W Collins officer: SVP & Chief Operating Officer 15021 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 400, HOUSTON TX 77094