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Quanta Services (Quanta Services) Graham Number

: $29.62 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-18), the stock price of Quanta Services is $245.68. Quanta Services's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.62. Therefore, Quanta Services's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 8.29.

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

PWR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.39   Med: 1.65   Max: 10.57
Current: 8.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Quanta Services was 10.57. The lowest was 1.39. And the median was 1.65.

PWR's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
98.23% of 1128 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 0.975 vs PWR: 8.29

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


Quanta Services Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quanta Services'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.

* Premium members only.

Quanta Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.02 30.12 - 13.48 30.93

Quanta Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.48 9.32 17.89 26.40 29.62

Competitive Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Quanta Services'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.


Quanta Services Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Quanta Services's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Quanta Services Graham Number Calculation

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

Quanta Services'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*5.937*7.16)
=30.93

Quanta Services'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*5.937*6.57)
=29.62

* 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.


Quanta Services  (NYSE:PWR) 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.

Quanta Services's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=245.68/29.62
=8.29

* 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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Quanta Services (Quanta Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
277 North Loop West, Houston, TX, USA, 77008
Quanta Services is a leading provider of specialty contracting services, delivering comprehensive infrastructure solutions for the electric and gas utility, communications, pipeline, and energy industries in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Quanta reports its results under three reportable segments: electric power, renewables infrastructure, and underground utility and infrastructure. In 2021, the company acquired Blattner, a provider of comprehensive engineering, procurement, and construction solutions to customers in the renewable energy industry.
Executives
Donald Wayne officer: EVP and General Counsel 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008-1044
Raul Javier Valentin director ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Dorothy Upperman officer: VP Tax 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008-1044
Bernard Fried director QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008
Worthing F Jackman director QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008
Ducey Gerald A Jr officer: Pres. - Strategic Operations 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008
Austin Earl C. Jr. director, officer: President, CEO and COO QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008-1044
James Redgie Probst officer: President - Electric Power 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008-1044
Derrick A Jensen officer: Chief Financial Officer QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 2600, HOUSTON TX 77056-6175
Robert Scott Rowe director 1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
Vincent D Foster director QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008
Paul Nobel officer: Chief Accounting Officer & VP C/O QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST, HOUSTON TX 77008-1044
John Michal Conaway director QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 2600, HOUSTON TX 77056-6175
Holli C. Ladhani director 2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 4500, HOUSTON TX 77056
Nicholas M Grindstaff officer: VP - Finance and Treasurer QUANTA SERVICES, INC., 2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 2600, HOUSTON TX 77056-6175