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Tetra Technologies (Tetra Technologies) Graham Number

: $2.03 (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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of Tetra Technologies is $4.40. Tetra Technologies's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.03. Therefore, Tetra Technologies's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.16.

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

TTI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.14   Med: 2.66   Max: 3.93
Current: 2.17

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Tetra Technologies was 3.93. The lowest was 2.14. And the median was 2.66.

TTI's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
86.53% of 646 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.85 vs TTI: 2.17

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


Tetra Technologies Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tetra Technologies'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.

Tetra Technologies 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 - - - 0.88 2.03

Tetra Technologies 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 1.08 1.09 1.98 2.20 2.03

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Tetra Technologies'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.


Tetra Technologies Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

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



Tetra Technologies Graham Number Calculation

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

Tetra Technologies'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*0.918*0.2)
=2.03

Tetra Technologies'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*0.918*0.2)
=2.03

* 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.


Tetra Technologies  (NYSE:TTI) 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.

Tetra Technologies's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=4.40/2.03
=2.16

* 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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Tetra Technologies (Tetra Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
24955 Interstate 45 North, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 77380
Tetra Technologies Inc is a diversified oil and gas services company, focused on completion fluids and associated products and services, water management, frac flowback, production well testing, offshore rig cooling, and compression services. It has two reporting segments namely Completion Fluids & Products, and Water & Flowback Services. The Completion Fluids & Products Division manufactures and markets clear brine fluids, additives, and associated products and services. The Water & Flowback Services Division provides onshore oil and gas operators with comprehensive water management services.
Executives
Bates Thomas R Jr director TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Christian A Garcia director 3000 N. SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY E., BLDG. J-4, HOUSTON TX 77032
Roy Mcniven officer: Sr. Vice President 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Matthew Sanderson officer: Sr. Vice President 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Timothy C Moeller officer: VP & Chief Procurement Officer 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Brady M Murphy officer: President & COO 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Elijio V Serrano officer: Sr. Vice President & CFO 24955 INTERSTATE 45 NORTH, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
William D Sullivan director TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Mcgee Sharon D. Booth director 24955 I-45 NORTH, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Richard D O'brien officer: VP-Finance & Global Controller 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Boston Shoemake Alicia R officer: General Counsel 24955 I-45 NORTH, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Shawn D. Williams director 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Gina Luna director 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Wallace Bass C Jr officer: General Counsel & Secretary 24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS X1 77380
Mark E Baldwin director TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 24955 I 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380

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