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Ladder Capital (Ladder Capital) Graham Number : $13.90 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ladder Capital 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 (2024-04-30), the stock price of Ladder Capital is $10.91. Ladder Capital's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.90. Therefore, Ladder Capital's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.69.

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

LADR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 0.96   Max: 7.69
Current: 0.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Ladder Capital was 7.69. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 0.96.

LADR's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
51.37% of 582 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs LADR: 0.75

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


Ladder Capital Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ladder Capital'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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Ladder Capital Graham Number Chart

Ladder Capital 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 17.74 - 1.56 7.60 12.87

Ladder Capital Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 10.35 13.23 13.08 13.90 16.28

Competitive Comparison of Ladder Capital's Graham Number

For the REIT - Mortgage subindustry, Ladder Capital'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.


Ladder Capital's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Ladder Capital's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ladder Capital Graham Number Calculation

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

Ladder Capital'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*11.16*0.66)
=12.87

Ladder Capital'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*11.16*0.988)
=15.75

* 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.


Ladder Capital  (NYSE:LADR) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=10.91/15.75
=0.69

* 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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Ladder Capital (Ladder Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
320 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10154
Ladder Capital Corp is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that is in commercial real estate finance. The company originates and invests in a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate and real estate-related assets, focusing on senior secured assets. The company's investment activities include: (i) Primary business of originating senior first mortgage fixed and floating rate loans collateralized by commercial real estate with flexible loan structures; (ii) owning and operating commercial real estate, including net leased commercial properties; and (iii) investing in investment-grade securities secured by first mortgage loans on commercial real estate.
Executives
Paul J. Miceli officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP, 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Anthony Vincent Esposito officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP, 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Pamela Mccormack officer: Chief Strategy Officer & GC 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10054
Brian Harris director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 600 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Kelly Amanda Porcella officer: General Counsel C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP, 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Kevin Moclair officer: Chief Accounting Officer 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Robert Perelman officer: Head of Asset Management 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10054
Marc Fox officer: Chief Financial Officer 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10054
Mark David Alexander director C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
David Alan Weiner director C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP, 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Jeffrey B Steiner director 15 WEST 63RD STREET, NEW YORK NY 10023
Thomas Harney officer: Head-Merchant Banking & Cap Mk 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Alan H Fishman director, Chairman ONE METROTECH CENTER, BROOKLYN NY 11201
Gi Partners Fund Iii Lp director, 10 percent owner 2180 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 210, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Towerbrook Investor Ii Executive Fund L P 10 percent owner 430 PARK AVE 6TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10022