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EVN AG (FRA:EVN) Graham Number : €51.88 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is EVN AG 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 (2024-12-14), the stock price of EVN AG is €23.45. EVN AG's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was €51.88. Therefore, EVN AG's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.45.

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

FRA:EVN' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.57   Max: 0.86
Current: 0.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of EVN AG was 0.86. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.57.

FRA:EVN's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
85.68% of 398 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.205 vs FRA:EVN: 0.44

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


EVN AG Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for EVN AG'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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EVN AG Graham Number Chart

EVN AG Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.58 24.73 37.70 34.92 48.67

EVN AG Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 40.84 48.48 49.67 46.51 51.88

Competitive Comparison of EVN AG's Graham Number

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, EVN AG'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.


EVN AG's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, EVN AG's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



EVN AG Graham Number Calculation

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

EVN AG's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*33.403*3.152)
=48.67

EVN AG's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*34.399*3.477)
=51.88

* 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.


EVN AG  (FRA:EVN) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=23.45/51.88
=0.45

* 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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EVN AG Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
EVN Platz, Maria Enzersdorf, AUT, A-2344
EVN AG is an Austrian-based utilities company that generates and distributes electricity and operates in natural gas, waste management, water supply, wastewater treatment and thermal waste utilization service. Evn operates in Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Albania and Germany. The company's operations are divided into segments that include Energy, Generation, Networks, South East Europe, Environment and All Other Segments, out of which South East Europe generates maximum revenue. The company earns majority revenue from Austria.