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Wheelock and Co (Wheelock and Co) Graham Number : $14.68 (As of Dec. 2019)


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What is Wheelock and 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 (2024-05-25), the stock price of Wheelock and Co is $8.00. Wheelock and Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was $14.68. Therefore, Wheelock and Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.55.

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

WHLKF's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 0.79
* 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.


Wheelock and Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wheelock and 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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Wheelock and Co Graham Number Chart

Wheelock and Co Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.12 17.79 20.94 19.47 14.69

Wheelock and Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19
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 20.94 22.31 19.44 19.79 14.68

Competitive Comparison of Wheelock and Co's Graham Number

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Wheelock and 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.


Wheelock and Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wheelock and Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Wheelock and Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Wheelock and Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*16.742*0.573)
=14.69

Wheelock and Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*16.742*0.572)
=14.68

* 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.


Wheelock and Co  (OTCPK:WHLKF) 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.

Wheelock and Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2019 )
=8.00/14.68
=0.55

* 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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Wheelock and Co (Wheelock and Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
20 Pedder Street, 23rd Floor, Wheelock House, Hong Kong, HKG
Wheelock and Co Ltd is an investment holding company. The company through its subsidiaries operates through four segments namely Investment property, Development property, Hotels, and Logistics. It manages its diversified businesses according to the nature of services and products provided. The business of the group is functioned through the region of Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Singapore and it derives most of the revenue from Hong Kong as well as from the development segment.

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