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TerraVest Industries (TSX:TVK) Graham Number : C$17.21 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is TerraVest Industries 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 TerraVest Industries is C$73.32. TerraVest Industries's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$17.21. Therefore, TerraVest Industries's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.26.

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

TSX:TVK' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.79   Med: 1.37   Max: 4.3
Current: 4.26

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of TerraVest Industries was 4.30. The lowest was 0.79. And the median was 1.37.

TSX:TVK's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
96.15% of 650 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.86 vs TSX:TVK: 4.26

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


TerraVest Industries Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for TerraVest Industries'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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TerraVest Industries Graham Number Chart

TerraVest Industries Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.07 11.57 14.03 16.84 21.11

TerraVest Industries 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 17.53 18.21 17.95 20.97 17.21

Competitive Comparison of TerraVest Industries's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, TerraVest Industries'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.


TerraVest Industries's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, TerraVest Industries's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



TerraVest Industries Graham Number Calculation

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

TerraVest Industries'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*9.125*2.17)
=21.11

TerraVest Industries'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*5.134*2.564)
=17.21

* 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.


TerraVest Industries  (TSX:TVK) 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.

TerraVest Industries's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=73.32/17.21
=4.26

* 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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TerraVest Industries (TSX:TVK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
60 Street, Suite 6205, Vegreville, AB, CAN, T9C 1P7
TerraVest Industries Inc is a manufacturer of home heating products, propane, anhydrous ammonia, natural gas liquids transport vehicles, storage vessels, energy processing equipment, and fiberglass storage tanks. The company's operating segments include, : Home Heating and Cooling Products (HVAC Equipment), Compressed Gas Storage and Distribution Equipment (Compressed Gas Equipment), Energy Processing Equipment (Processing Equipment) and Service. Majority of the revenue for the company is generated from its Compressed Gas Equipment segment which manufactures engineered products for the storage, distribution and dispensing of compressed gases including liquid propane gas, natural gas liquids, carbon dioxide and other gases. The company operates in Canada and United States.

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