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DFIN (Donnelley Financial Solutions) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Donnelley Financial Solutions 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 (2024-12-12), the stock price of Donnelley Financial Solutions is $61.17. Donnelley Financial Solutions's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $N/A. Therefore, Donnelley Financial Solutions's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

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

DFIN's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.44
* 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.


Donnelley Financial Solutions Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Donnelley Financial Solutions's Graham Number can be seen below:

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* 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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Donnelley Financial Solutions Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Donnelley Financial Solutions's Graham Number

For the Software - Application subindustry, Donnelley Financial Solutions'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.


Donnelley Financial Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Donnelley Financial Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Donnelley Financial Solutions Graham Number Calculation

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

Donnelley Financial Solutions'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*-3.134*2.743)
=N/A

Donnelley Financial Solutions's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*-1.952*3.235)
=N/A

* 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.


Donnelley Financial Solutions  (NYSE:DFIN) 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.

Donnelley Financial Solutions's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=61.17/N/A
=N/A

* 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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Donnelley Financial Solutions Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
35 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, 60601
Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc is a global risk and compliance solutions company. The company provides regulatory filing and deal solutions via its software-as-a-service, technology-enabled services, and print and distribution solutions to public and private companies, mutual funds, and other regulated investment firms. The company operates in four segments: Capital Markets - Software Solutions, Capital Markets - Compliance and Communications Management, Investment Companies - Software Solutions and Investment Companies - Compliance and Communications Management. Its geographical segments are the United States( US), Europe, Asia, Canada, and others, of which the US accounts for the vast majority of its total revenue.
Executives
Daniel Leib director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O RR DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, 111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Jeffrey Jacobowitz director, 10 percent owner C/O ROBOTTI & COMPANY, 52 VANDERBILT AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Luis A Aguilar director 35 EAST WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2400, CHICAGO IL 60601
Eric J Johnson officer: President, GIC C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Craig Clay officer: President, GCM C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Robert Kirk Williams officer: Chief People & Admin Officer C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Kami Turner officer: See Remarks C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Simcoe Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner 540 MADISON AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Leah Marie Trzcinski officer: General Counsel C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Jennifer B Reiners officer: General Counsel C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Juliet S Ellis director C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Chandar Pattabhiram director C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR., CHICAGO IL 60601
David A Gardella officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Gary G Greenfield director AVID, 75 NETWORK DRIVE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Richard L Crandall director 800 DELAWARE AVE, COMPUTER TASK GROUP INC, BUFFALO NY 14209