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Integrated Silicon Solution (Integrated Silicon Solution) Graham Number : $6.70 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Integrated Silicon Solution 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 (2024-05-25), the stock price of Integrated Silicon Solution is $22.91. Integrated Silicon Solution's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $6.70. Therefore, Integrated Silicon Solution's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.42.

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

ISSI's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 2.08
* 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.


Integrated Silicon Solution Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Integrated Silicon Solution'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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Integrated Silicon Solution Graham Number Chart

Integrated Silicon Solution Annual Data
Trend Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.07 18.88 - 10.97 12.43

Integrated Silicon Solution Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 12.95 12.46 11.57 9.15 6.70

Competitive Comparison of Integrated Silicon Solution's Graham Number

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Integrated Silicon Solution'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.


Integrated Silicon Solution's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Integrated Silicon Solution's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Integrated Silicon Solution Graham Number Calculation

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

Integrated Silicon Solution's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*9.327*0.736)
=12.43

Integrated Silicon Solution's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*9.077*0.22)
=6.70

* 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.


Integrated Silicon Solution  (NAS:ISSI) 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.

Integrated Silicon Solution's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=22.91/6.70
=3.42

* 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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Integrated Silicon Solution (Integrated Silicon Solution) Business Description

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Integrated Silicon Solution Inc, a Delaware corporation incorporated in October 27,1988. It is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets high performance integrated circuits for the automotive; communications; industrial, medical and military; and digital consumer markets. Its main products are low and medium density DRAM and high speed and low power SRAM. In particular, the Company's SRAM products are used in WLANs, cell phones, base stations, networking switches and routers, fiber to the home, DSL modems, LCD TVs, set-top boxes, GPS systems, instrumentation, engine control systems, medical equipment, telematics, audio and video equipment, satellite radio, POS terminals, fax machines, copiers, tape drives, and other applications. The Company's low and medium density DRAM products are used in WLANs, base stations, networking switches and routers, FTTH, DSL and cable modems, set top boxes, digital cameras, MP3, flat panel TVs, LCD TVs, HDTVs, video phones, voice over internet protocol, printers, disk drives, tape drives, audio/video equipment, instrumentation, GPS, telematics, infotainment, smart meters and other applications. In the low to medium density DRAM area, the Company competes with Elpida, Hynix, Micron, Nanya, Oki, Samsung and Winbond. In addition, there are several fabless Taiwanese companies that are competitors, including ESMT and Etron. In the analog market, the Company's main competitors include AMS, IWatt, Linear Technology, Maxim Integrated Products, MaxLinear, Microsemi and NXP Semiconductors. The Company outsources its manufacturing operations, including wafer fabrication, assembly and testing. The Company is subject to federal, state and local regulations relating to the use, handling, storage, disposal and human exposure to hazardous and toxic materials.
Executives
John Cobb officer: CFO C/O ISSI, 1940 ZANKER ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95112
Starboard Value Gp Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 1 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
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Starboard Value & Opportunity C Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 1 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Cathal G Phelan 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 400 FAIRVIEW AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 1200, SEATTLE WA 98109
Edward Terino 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 17 CANTERBURY ROAD, WINDHAM NH 03087
Starboard Value & Opportunity S Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 1 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
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Mark R Mitchell 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 1 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Oliver Press Investors, Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 152 WEST 57TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10019
Augustus K Oliver 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY SCHOLASTIC CORP, 557 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10012
Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund Ltd 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 1 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017