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Velocity Acquisition (Velocity Acquisition) Graham Number : $7.57 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Velocity Acquisition 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 (2024-06-06), the stock price of Velocity Acquisition is $10.02. Velocity Acquisition's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $7.57. Therefore, Velocity Acquisition's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.32.

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

VELO's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.785
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

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


Velocity Acquisition Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Velocity Acquisition'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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Velocity Acquisition Graham Number Chart

Velocity Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21
Graham Number
- 8.23

Velocity Acquisition Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 7.07 8.36 7.32 7.57

Competitive Comparison of Velocity Acquisition's Graham Number

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Velocity Acquisition'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.


Velocity Acquisition's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Velocity Acquisition's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Velocity Acquisition Graham Number Calculation

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

Velocity Acquisition's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*7.535*0.4)
=8.23

Velocity Acquisition's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*7.713*0.33)
=7.57

* 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.


Velocity Acquisition  (NAS:VELO) 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.

Velocity Acquisition's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2022 )
=10.02/7.57
=1.32

* 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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Velocity Acquisition (Velocity Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
109 Old Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT, USA, 06877
Velocity Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Nicolas Brien officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC., 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10174
Ramin Arani director C/O LIVEXLIVE MEDIA, INC, 920 SUNSET BOULEVARD, SUITE #1201, WEST HOLLYWOOD CA 90069
Garrett Schreiber officer: Chief Financial Officer 3 MINETTA STREET, NEW YORK NY 10012
Sanjay Chadda director 3 MINETTA STREET, NEW YORK NY 10012
Michael Lastoria director C/O VELOCITY ACQUISITION CORP., 109 OLD BRANCHVILLE RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Steve Kassin director C/O VELOCITY ACQUISITION CORP., 109 OLD BRANCHVILLE RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Adrian Covey director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O VELOCITY ACQUISITION CORP., 109 OLD BRANCHVILLE RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Velocity Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner C/O VELOCITY ACQUISITION CORP., 109 OLD BRANCHVILLE RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Carla Hendra director C/O VELOCITY ACQUISITION CORP., 109 OLD BRANCHVILLE RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Judge Graham officer: Chief Digital Officer C/O VELOCITY ACQUISITION CORP., 109 OLD BRANCHVILLE RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Velocity Sponsor Manager Llc 10 percent owner C/O VELOCITY ACQUISITION CORP., 109 OLD BRANCHVILLE RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877