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RGLD (Royal Gold) Graham Number : $67.42 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Royal Gold 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 (2024-12-12), the stock price of Royal Gold is $150.26. Royal Gold's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $67.42. Therefore, Royal Gold's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.23.

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

RGLD' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.57   Med: 2.19   Max: 6.67
Current: 2.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Royal Gold was 6.67. The lowest was 1.57. And the median was 2.19.

RGLD's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
77.3% of 511 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs RGLD: 2.23

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


Royal Gold Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royal Gold'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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Royal Gold Graham Number Chart

Royal Gold Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.38 48.61 58.90 59.05 59.97

Royal Gold Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 59.37 60.10 58.28 61.00 67.42

Competitive Comparison of Royal Gold's Graham Number

For the Gold subindustry, Royal Gold'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.


Royal Gold's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Royal Gold's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Royal Gold Graham Number Calculation

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

Royal Gold'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*44.006*3.632)
=59.97

Royal Gold's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*46.258*4.367)
=67.42

* 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.


Royal Gold  (NAS:RGLD) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=150.26/67.42
=2.23

* 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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Royal Gold Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1144 15th Street, Suite 2500, Denver, CO, USA, 80202
Royal Gold Inc enquires and manages precious metal royalties and streams, with a focus on gold. The company operates by purchasing a percentage of the metal produced from a mineral property for an initial payment, without assuming responsibility of mining operations. Similarly, precious metal streams are purchase agreements with mine operators providing the right to purchase all or a portion of one or more metals produced from a mine, in exchange for an upfront deposit payment. Generally Royal Gold does not conduct any work on the properties in which it holds royalty and streaming assets. The company owns a portfolio of producing, development, evaluation, and exploration royalties and streams, and the majority of group revenue is generated from Canada, Mexico, Chile, and the United States.
Executives
William Holmes Heissenbuttel officer: VP Corporate Development 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202
William M. Hayes director 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202
Paul Libner officer: VP & General Counsel 845 BRAESHEATHER PL, HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 80216
Daniel Breeze officer: VP Corp Dev of RGLD Gold AG KIRCHBODENSTRASSE 16, Z, THALWIL V8 8800
Randy Shefman officer: VP & General Counsel 921 SOUTH HIGH STREET, DENVER CO 80209
Ronald J Vance director C/O ROYAL GOLD, 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202
Martin Raffield officer: Vice President, Operations P.O. BOX 1649, POLSON MT 59860
Mark Isto officer: Vice President Operations 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202
Laura Gill officer: VP, Corp. Sec. & CCO 10499 EAST ABERDEEN AVE, ENGLEWOOD CO 80111
Fabiana Chubbs director 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202
Margaret Mccandless officer: Asst. GC, Corp Secretary & CCO C/O ROYAL GOLD, 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202
Tony A Jensen director, officer: President and CEO 620 E HEARTSTRONG STREET, SUPERIOR CO 80027
Bruce Christopher Kirchhoff officer: VP and General Counsel 1660 WYNKOOP, #1000, DENVER CO 80202
Sybil E Veenman director C/O ROYAL GOLD, INC., 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202
Jamie C Sokalsky director C/O ROYAL GOLD, 1144 15TH STREET, SUITE 2500, DENVER CO 80202