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.
The historical rank and industry rank for PowerSecure International's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:
POWR's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.51 * 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.
PowerSecure International Graham Number Historical Data
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of PowerSecure International's Graham Number
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, PowerSecure International'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.
PowerSecure International's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, PowerSecure International's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where PowerSecure International's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.
PowerSecure International Graham Number Calculation
Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.
PowerSecure International's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as
* 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.
PowerSecure International (NYSE:POWR) 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.
PowerSecure International's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as
Price to Graham number
=
Share Price (Today)
/
Graham number (Q: Dec. 2015 )
=
18.76
/
5.50
=
3.41
* 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.
PowerSecure International Graham Number Related Terms
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PowerSecure International (PowerSecure International) Business Description
PowerSecure International Inc was incorporated in Delaware on April 05, 1991. On August 22, 2007, it changed its name to PowerSecure International, Inc. from Metretek Technologies, Inc. The Company is a provider of products and services to electric utilities, and their commercial, institutional and industrial customers. Its Utility and Energy Technologies segment consists of three products and service offerings: Distributed Generation products and services, Utility Infrastructure products and services, and Energy Efficiency products and services. These three product and service groups are commonly engaged in serving the needs of utilities and their commercial, institutional and industrial customers to help them generate, deliver and utilize electricity more reliably and efficiently. The Company operates primarily out of Wake Forest, North Carolina, and its operations also include several satellite offices and manufacturing facilities located in Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Stamford, Connecticut. It conducts its business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, PowerSecure, Inc. The Companys Distributed Generation solutions involve manufacturing, installing and operating electric generation equipment on site at a facility where the power is used, including commercial, institutional and industrial operations. Its systems provide backup power supply during power outages. Its solar energy systems provide utilities and their customers with environmentally friendly power to augment their core power requirements. The Companys Utility Infrastructure solutions are engaged in helping electric utilities design, build, upgrade and maintain infrastructure that enhances the efficiency of their grid systems. Its products and services include transmission and distribution system construction and maintenance, installation of metering and efficient lighting, and emergency storm restoration. Additionally, it provides utilities with a wide range of engineering and design services, as well as consulting services for cybersecurity compliance, and regulatory and rate design matters. The Company has two primary product and service offerings in its Energy Efficiency solutions: LED lighting fixtures and lamps, and energy efficiency upgrades for its super ESCO customers. Its LED lighting solutions are engaged in the utility, commercial and industrial markets, while its ESCO energy efficiency solutions are engaged in serving the ESCO channel. Its LED lighting product line includes: LED-based lamps and fixtures for department stores and other commercial applications, including display and down-lighting; LED-based lighting fixtures for grocery, drug and convenience stores, including lights for reach-in refrigerated cases, shelf and canopy lighting for open refrigerated cases, overhead lighting for walk-in storage coolers, and outdoor lighting; and LED-based lighting fixtures for utilities, commercial and i
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