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Smurfit Kappa Group (FRA:SK3) Graham Number : €29.40 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Smurfit Kappa Group 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 (2024-05-24), the stock price of Smurfit Kappa Group is €44.52. Smurfit Kappa Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €29.40. Therefore, Smurfit Kappa Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.51.

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

FRA:SK3' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.15   Med: 2.45   Max: 7.5
Current: 1.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Smurfit Kappa Group was 7.50. The lowest was 1.15. And the median was 2.45.

FRA:SK3's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
68.68% of 281 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 1.17 vs FRA:SK3: 1.52

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


Smurfit Kappa Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smurfit Kappa Group'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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Smurfit Kappa Group Graham Number Chart

Smurfit Kappa Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.31 15.79 19.77 29.98 29.40

Smurfit Kappa Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 19.77 27.03 29.98 31.10 29.40

Competitive Comparison of Smurfit Kappa Group's Graham Number

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Smurfit Kappa Group'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.


Smurfit Kappa Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Smurfit Kappa Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Smurfit Kappa Group Graham Number Calculation

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

Smurfit Kappa Group'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*11.1*3.46)
=29.40

Smurfit Kappa Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*11.1*3.46)
=29.40

* 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.


Smurfit Kappa Group  (FRA:SK3) 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.

Smurfit Kappa Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=44.52/29.40
=1.51

* 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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Smurfit Kappa Group (FRA:SK3) Business Description

Address
Beech Hill, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4, IRL, D04 N2R2
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC manufactures and sells paper-based packaging products. The company owns mills that produce containerboard, which is then shipped to the company's plants, where it is converted into corrugated packaging products. The packaging products include solid board, sack kraft paper, and folding cartons. The firm organizes itself into two segments based on geography: Europe and the Americas. The Europe segment generates the majority of the revenue. The Americas segment owns forestland in Latin America, where Smurfit Kappa harvests timber for its mills.

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