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Altus Group (TSX:AIF) Graham Number : C$0.84 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Altus Group 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 (2024-12-13), the stock price of Altus Group is C$57.95. Altus Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was C$0.84. Therefore, Altus Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 68.70.

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

TSX:AIF' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.93   Med: 11.69   Max: 68.99
Current: 68.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Altus Group was 68.99. The lowest was 4.93. And the median was 11.69.

TSX:AIF's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
100% of 1107 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 0.84 vs TSX:AIF: 68.99

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


Altus Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Altus Group'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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Altus Group Graham Number Chart

Altus Group 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 1.51 4.56 - - -

Altus Group 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 - - - - 0.84

Competitive Comparison of Altus Group's Graham Number

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Altus Group'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.


Altus Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

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

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



Altus Group Graham Number Calculation

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

Altus Group'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*-3.918*0.319)
=N/A

Altus Group'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*0.025*1.265)
=0.84

* 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.


Altus Group  (TSX:AIF) 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.

Altus Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=57.95/0.84
=68.70

* 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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Altus Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
33 Yonge Street, Suite 500, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5E 1G4
Altus Group Ltd operates in the Canadian real estate sector. Its services can be summed up as advisory services, software, and data solutions to the property and real estate industry. The company has three reportable segments namely Property Tax, Analytics; and under CRE Consulting services, and Appraisals and Development Advisory. It generates maximum revenue from the Analytics; and under CRE Consulting services segment. A part of its revenue is also derived from the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.
Executives
William Brennan Director
Kimberly Carter Senior Officer
Alex Probyn Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Raymond Mikulich Director
Angela Louise Brown Director
Anthony Long Director
Carolyn Margaret Schuetz Director
Kamila (camilla) Bartosiewicz Senior Officer
James Hannon Director, Senior Officer
Terrie-lynne Devonish Senior Officer
Ernest Clark Senior Officer
Michael Gordon Director
Angelo Bartolini Senior Officer
Edward Charles Orlik Senior Officer
Colin Boyd Johnston Senior Officer