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Western Bulk Chartering AS (Western Bulk Chartering AS) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Western Bulk Chartering AS 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 (2024-05-24), the stock price of Western Bulk Chartering AS is $2.3708. Western Bulk Chartering AS's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Western Bulk Chartering AS's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Western Bulk Chartering AS's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 6 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Western Bulk Chartering AS was 0.65. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.53.

WSSTF's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 0.98
* 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.


Western Bulk Chartering AS Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Bulk Chartering AS'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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Western Bulk Chartering AS Graham Number Chart

Western Bulk Chartering AS Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 1.14 7.68 9.19 -

Western Bulk Chartering AS Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.69 9.94 9.20 5.48 -

Competitive Comparison of Western Bulk Chartering AS's Graham Number

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Western Bulk Chartering AS'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.


Western Bulk Chartering AS's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Western Bulk Chartering AS's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Bulk Chartering AS's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Western Bulk Chartering AS Graham Number Calculation

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

Western Bulk Chartering AS'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*1.558*-0.377)
=N/A

Western Bulk Chartering AS'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*1.558*-0.378)
=N/A

* 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.


Western Bulk Chartering AS  (OTCPK:WSSTF) 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.

Western Bulk Chartering AS's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=2.3708/N/A
=N/A

* 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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Western Bulk Chartering AS (Western Bulk Chartering AS) Business Description

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Address
Henrik Ibsensgate 100, PO Box 2868, Solli, Oslo, NOR, 0230
Western Bulk Chartering AS is a transporter of dry bulk commodities. Its commodity includes coal, minerals, steel products, cement, agriculture or grains, ferrous ores, and fertilizers, among others. It operates in dry bulk vessels in the Panamax to Handysize segment. Geographic diversification is the Far East, Europe, India, North America, Africa, South America, and the Middle East.

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