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Media Research Institute (TSE:9242) Graham Number : 円1,629.64 (As of Apr. 2024)


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What is Media Research Institute 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 (2024-06-24), the stock price of Media Research Institute is 円1620.00. Media Research Institute's graham number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was 円1,629.64. Therefore, Media Research Institute's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.99.

The historical rank and industry rank for Media Research Institute's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:9242' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 0.96   Max: 1.15
Current: 0.99

During the past 5 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Media Research Institute was 1.15. The lowest was 0.74. And the median was 0.96.

TSE:9242's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
63.25% of 683 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.26 vs TSE:9242: 0.99

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


Media Research Institute Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Media Research Institute'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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Media Research Institute Graham Number Chart

Media Research Institute Annual Data
Trend Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Graham Number
723.77 776.12 1,124.63 1,385.66 1,490.03

Media Research Institute Quarterly Data
Jul19 Jul20 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24
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 1,667.22 1,507.88 1,419.08 1,673.27 1,629.64

Competitive Comparison of Media Research Institute's Graham Number

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Media Research Institute'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.


Media Research Institute's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Media Research Institute's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Media Research Institute's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Media Research Institute Graham Number Calculation

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

Media Research Institute's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*948.004*104.087)
=1,490.03

Media Research Institute's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1099.578*107.343)
=1,629.64

* 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.


Media Research Institute  (TSE:9242) 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.

Media Research Institute's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Apr. 2024 )
=1620.00/1,629.64
=0.99

* 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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Media Research Institute (TSE:9242) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2-8-1 Daimyo, Higo Tenjinho Building 6th Floor, Fukuoka Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, JPN, 810-0041
Media Research Institute Inc is primarily involved in the planning of job hunting events for technical college and university students.

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