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Bematech (BSP:BEMA3) Graham Number : R$6.28 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Bematech 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 (2024-05-25), the stock price of Bematech is R$10.80. Bematech's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was R$6.28. Therefore, Bematech's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.72.

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

BSP:BEMA3' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.96   Med: 1.22   Max: 1.78
Current: 1.7

During the past 10 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Bematech was 1.78. The lowest was 0.96. And the median was 1.22.

BSP:BEMA3's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.51 vs BSP:BEMA3: 1.70

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


Bematech Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bematech'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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Bematech Graham Number Chart

Bematech Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.42 - 6.02 7.70 7.03

Bematech Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 7.72 6.75 7.03 6.76 6.28

Competitive Comparison of Bematech's Graham Number

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Bematech'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.


Bematech's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Bematech's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Bematech Graham Number Calculation

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

Bematech's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*2.093*1.05)
=7.03

Bematech's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1.924*0.91)
=6.28

* 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.


Bematech  (BSP:BEMA3) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=10.80/6.28
=1.72

* 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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Bematech (BSP:BEMA3) Business Description

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Bematech SA was formed on October 1, 1990. It is a Brazilian multinational that provides complete technological solutions for the retail, food service and hospitality industries. It is engaged in manufacture, sale, intermediation of sales, import, export, design, development, representation, distribution and rental of electric, electronic and electromechanical equipment and related parts and components; the development, representation, distribution and rental of software; licensing and assignment of rights to use software programs; sale of supplies for IT equipment; the rendering of technical assistance services, support, training and information technology projects; the franchising of products and services, as well as the investment in other companies as stockholder or quotaholder. The Company's operating segments are subdivided into Hardware, Software and Services.

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