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Clipper Logistics (CHIX:CLGL) Graham Number : £0.74 (As of Oct. 2021)


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What is Clipper Logistics 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 (2025-07-23), the stock price of Clipper Logistics is £8.34. Clipper Logistics's graham number for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2021 was £0.74. Therefore, Clipper Logistics's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 11.25.

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

CHIX:CLGl's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 1.04
* 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.


Clipper Logistics Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clipper Logistics'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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Clipper Logistics Graham Number Chart

Clipper Logistics Annual Data
Trend Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.38 0.26 0.41 - 0.47

Clipper Logistics Semi-Annual Data
Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21
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 - - - 0.47 0.74

Competitive Comparison of Clipper Logistics's Graham Number

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Clipper Logistics'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.


Clipper Logistics's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Clipper Logistics's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Clipper Logistics Graham Number Calculation

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

Clipper Logistics's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*0.047*0.209)
=0.47

Clipper Logistics's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*0.11*0.222)
=0.74

* 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.


Clipper Logistics  (CHIX:CLGl) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Oct. 2021 )
=8.34/0.74
=11.25

* 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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Clipper Logistics Business Description

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Address
Gelderd Road, Carlton Court, Clipper Logistics Group, Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR, LS12 6LT
Clipper Logistics PLC offers logistics solutions. The company's operating segment includes Value-added logistics services and Commercial vehicles. Its Value-added logistics services segment includes E-fulfilment and returns management services; Non-e-fulfilment logistics and Central logistics overheads. It generates maximum revenue from the Value-added logistics services segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom and also has a presence in Germany and the Rest of Europe. These activities include services such as a receipt, warehousing, stock management, picking, packing and dispatch of products on behalf of customers, as well as on behalf of retailers under the brand name Boomerang.

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