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C.S.Lumber Co (TSE:7808) Graham Number : 円10,102.42 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is C.S.Lumber Co 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 (2024-05-21), the stock price of C.S.Lumber Co is 円3380.00. C.S.Lumber Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円10,102.42. Therefore, C.S.Lumber Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for C.S.Lumber Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:7808' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 0.34   Max: 0.97
Current: 0.33

During the past 8 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of C.S.Lumber Co was 0.97. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.34.

TSE:7808's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
92.93% of 184 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.865 vs TSE:7808: 0.33

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


C.S.Lumber Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for C.S.Lumber Co'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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C.S.Lumber Co Graham Number Chart

C.S.Lumber Co Annual Data
Trend Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 May20 May21 May22 May23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2,425.52 3,722.33 4,898.09 11,204.57 11,402.62

C.S.Lumber Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 11,799.13 11,401.30 11,143.64 10,683.87 10,102.42

Competitive Comparison of C.S.Lumber Co's Graham Number

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, C.S.Lumber Co'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.


C.S.Lumber Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, C.S.Lumber Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where C.S.Lumber Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



C.S.Lumber Co Graham Number Calculation

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

C.S.Lumber Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*4793.537*1205.509)
=11,402.62

C.S.Lumber Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*5353.959*847.215)
=10,102.42

* 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.


C.S.Lumber Co  (TSE:7808) 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.

C.S.Lumber Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=3380.00/10,102.42
=0.33

* 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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C.S.Lumber Co (TSE:7808) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1-16-3 Makuhari-Hongo, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, JPN, 262-0033
C.S.Lumber Co Inc is a Japan-based company, engages in the pre-cutting and sale of a wood business. It is engaged in the computer-aided design, pre-cut processing, and distribution of lumbers, design of two-by-four method, as well as the manufacture and distribution of panels. It is also engaged in the construction contracting of wooden detached houses and wooden general buildings as well as Real Estate Leasing business.

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