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HLVX (HilleVax) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is HilleVax 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 (2025-04-15), the stock price of HilleVax is $1.65. HilleVax's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $N/A. Therefore, HilleVax's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

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

HLVX's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 1.925
* 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.


HilleVax Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for HilleVax'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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HilleVax Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of HilleVax's Graham Number

For the Biotechnology subindustry, HilleVax'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.


HilleVax's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, HilleVax's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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


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HilleVax Graham Number Calculation

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

HilleVax's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*3.107*-2.017)
=N/A

HilleVax's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*3.107*-2.017)
=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.


HilleVax  (NAS:HLVX) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=1.65/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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HilleVax Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
321 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, USA, 02118
HilleVax Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is focused on developing and commercializing novel vaccines. The firm's initial program, HIL-214, is a virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccine candidate for the prevention of moderate-to-severe acute gastroenteritis (AGE) caused by norovirus infection.
Executives
Robert Hershberg director, officer: President and CEO 3005 FIRST AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98121
Shane Maltbie officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O AXCELLA HEALTH INC., 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Aditya Kohli director, officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PHATHOM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 2150 E. LAKE COOK ROAD, SUITE 800, BUFFALO GROVE IL 60089
Frazier Life Sciences X, L.p. 10 percent owner 601 UNION STREET, SUITE 3200, TWO UNION SQUARE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Astrid Borkowski officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O HILLEVAX, INC., 75 STATE STREET, SUITE 100 - #9995, BOSTON MA 02109
Nanette Cocero director C/O HILLEVAX, INC., 75 STATE STREET, SUITE 100, BOSTON MA 02109
Fhmls X, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 601 UNION STREET, SUITE 3200, TWO UNION SQUARE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Gary Dubin director C/O HILLEVAX, INC., 75 STATE STREET, SUITE 100 - #9995, BOSTON MA 02109
Jaime Sepulveda director C/O HILLEVAX INC., 75 STATE STREET 100 - #9995, BOSTON MA 02109
Takeda Vaccines, Inc. 10 percent owner 75 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Shelley Chu director ONE WINTHROP SQUARE, SUITE 400, BOSTON MA 02110
Susan Michele Silbermann director C/O LIANBIO, 103 CARNEGIE CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 215, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Fhmls X, L.p. 10 percent owner 601 UNION STREET, SUITE 3200, TWO UNION SQUARE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Julie L. Gerberding director 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
David A Socks officer: CFO & Chief Business Officer C/O CADENCE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 12481 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92130