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Construction Partners (Construction Partners) Graham Number : $11.56 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Construction Partners 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 Construction Partners is $51.64. Construction Partners's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.56. Therefore, Construction Partners's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.47.

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

ROAD' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 3.17   Max: 5.33
Current: 4.47

During the past 8 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Construction Partners was 5.33. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 3.17.

ROAD's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
93.47% of 1133 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1 vs ROAD: 4.47

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


Construction Partners Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Construction Partners'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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Construction Partners Graham Number Chart

Construction Partners Annual Data
Trend Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 10.32 10.50 7.05 6.89 10.48

Construction Partners Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 5.01 5.35 7.26 10.36 11.56

Competitive Comparison of Construction Partners's Graham Number

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Construction Partners'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.


Construction Partners's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Construction Partners's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Construction Partners Graham Number Calculation

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

Construction Partners's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*6.406*0.762)
=10.48

Construction Partners'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*6.149*0.966)
=11.56

* 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.


Construction Partners  (NAS:ROAD) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=51.64/11.56
=4.47

* 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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Construction Partners (Construction Partners) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
290 Healthwest Drive, Suite 2, Dothan, AL, USA, 36303
Construction Partners Inc operates as an infrastructure and road construction company. It provides construction products and services to the public and private sectors. Its services cover the construction of highways, roads, bridges, airports, and commercial and residential sites. The company provides site development, paving, utility and drainage systems, as well as supplies hot mix asphalt.
Executives
Suntx Capital Ii Management Corp. director, 10 percent owner 5420 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75240
Craig Jennings director, 10 percent owner 5204 LAKECREET CT., PLANO TX 75093
Mark R Matteson director, 10 percent owner 290 HEALTHWEST DRIVE, SUITE 2, DOTHAN AL 36303
Suntx Cpi Capital Management Corp. director, 10 percent owner 5420 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75240
Fleming Ned N. Iv other: Member of 10% owner group 5420 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75240
Ned N. Fleming, Iv 2013 Trust other: Member of 10% owner group 5420 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75240
John L Harper officer: Senior Vice President 170 EAST MAIN STREET, DOTHAN AL 36301
Noreen E Skelly director 8214 WESTCHESTER DRIVE, SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75225
Stefan L Shaffer director 290 HEALTHWEST DRIVE, SUITE 2, DOTHAN AL 36303
Suntx Capital Partners Ii Lp director, 10 percent owner TWO LINCOLN CENTRE, 5420 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75240
Suntx Capital Partners Ii Dutch Investors Lp director, 10 percent owner TWO LINCOLN CENTRE, 5420 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75240
Suntx Cpi Expansion Fund Gp, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 5420 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75214
Gregory A Hoffman officer: Senior VP, Finance 290 HEALTHWEST DRIVE, SUITE 2, DOTHAN AL 36303
Judson Ryan Brooks officer: Senior Vice President, Legal 290 HEALTHWEST DRIVE, SUITE 2, DOTHAN AL 36303
Charles E Owens director, officer: See Remarks 290 HEALTHWEST DRIVE, SUITE 2, DOTHAN AL 36303