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58.com (58.com) Graham Number : $56.22 (As of Mar. 2020)


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What is 58.com 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 58.com is $55.88. 58.com's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was $56.22. Therefore, 58.com's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.99.

The historical rank and industry rank for 58.com's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

WUBA's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 1.68
* 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.


58.com Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for 58.com'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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58.com Graham Number Chart

58.com Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 8.60 14.67 48.77

58.com Quarterly Data
Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20
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 19.82 37.92 38.96 49.05 56.22

Competitive Comparison of 58.com's Graham Number

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, 58.com'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.


58.com's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, 58.com's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where 58.com's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



58.com Graham Number Calculation

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

58.com's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*13.499*7.83)
=48.77

58.com's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*16.022*8.769)
=56.22

* 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.


58.com  (NYSE:WUBA) 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.

58.com's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2020 )
=55.88/56.22
=0.99

* 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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58.com (58.com) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
10 Jiuxianqiao North Road Jia, Building 105, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100015
58.com Inc through its subsidiaries is engaged in the operation of an online marketplace. The company serves the local merchants and consumers in the People's Republic of China. Its online marketplace enables local merchants and consumers to connect, share information and conduct business. Its online marketing activities consist of paid marketing through internet navigation sites and various popular search engines in China and display advertisements. The company's offline marketing activities include traditional mainstream media such as television, billboard, direct mailing advertisements, public relations activities, as well as sponsored events to increase its visibility and promote its brand.