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Engagesmart (Engagesmart) Graham Number : $2.30 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Engagesmart 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 (2024-05-06), the stock price of Engagesmart is $23.05. Engagesmart's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $2.30. Therefore, Engagesmart's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 10.04.

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

ESMT' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.82   Med: 8.12   Max: 11.62
Current: 10.02

During the past 4 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Engagesmart was 11.62. The lowest was 7.82. And the median was 8.12.

ESMT's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.26 vs ESMT: 10.02

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


Engagesmart Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Engagesmart'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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Engagesmart Graham Number Chart

Engagesmart Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Graham Number
- - - 2.23

Engagesmart Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 1.78 2.23 2.37 2.32 2.30

Competitive Comparison of Engagesmart's Graham Number

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Engagesmart'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.


Engagesmart's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Engagesmart Graham Number Calculation

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

Engagesmart's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*1.848*0.12)
=2.23

Engagesmart's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.129*0.11)
=2.30

* 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.


Engagesmart  (NYSE:ESMT) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=23.05/2.30
=10.04

* 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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Engagesmart (Engagesmart) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
30 Braintree Hill Office Park, Suite 101, Braintree, MA, USA, 02184
Engagesmart Inc is a provider of vertically tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments capabilities. It offers single instance, multi-tenant, true Software-as-a-Service vertical solutions that are designed to simplify customers' engagement with clients by driving digital adoption and self-service. Its operating segments include Enterprise Solutions and SMB Solution.
Executives
Kevin William O'brien officer: See Remarks C/O ENGAGESMART, LLC, 30 BRAINTREE HILL OFFICE PARK, SUITE 101, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Seltzer Jonathan Cole officer: President, SMB Solutions C/O ENGAGESMART, LLC, 30 BRAINTREE HILL OFFICE PARK, SUITE 101, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Patrick F Donovan officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O ENGAGESMART, LLC, 30 BRAINTREE HILL OFFICE PARK, SUITE 101, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Robert Paul Bennett director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ENGAGESMART, LLC, 30 BRAINTREE HILL OFFICE PARK, SUITE 101, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Cassandra Hudson officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CARBONITE, INC., 2 AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE, BOSTON MA 02111
General Atlantic Partners (bermuda) Eu, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE COMPANY LP, 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund Viii-a, L.p. 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
General Atlantic Genpar (bermuda), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE COMPANY,LLC, 55 EAST 52ND ST. 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Scott C Collins 10 percent owner C/O SUMMIT PARTNERS, 222 BERKELEY ST 18TH FL, BOSTON MA 02116
General Atlantic Genpar, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Diego A Rodriguez director C/O ENGAGESMART, LLC, 30 BRAINTREE HILL OFFICE PARK, SUITE 101, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Scott N Semel officer: General Counsel
Summit Partners Entrepreneur Advisors Fund I, L.p. 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Raphael Osnoss director C/O ALKAMI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 5601 GRANITE PARKWAY, SUITE 120, PLANO TX 75024