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American Superconductor (American Superconductor) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is American Superconductor 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 (2024-04-26), the stock price of American Superconductor is $12.27. American Superconductor's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, American Superconductor's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

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

AMSC's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.51
* 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.


American Superconductor Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Superconductor'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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American Superconductor Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of American Superconductor's Graham Number

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, American Superconductor'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.


American Superconductor's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, American Superconductor's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



American Superconductor Graham Number Calculation

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

American Superconductor's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*1.009*-1.03)
=N/A

American Superconductor'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*0.948*-0.536)
=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.


American Superconductor  (NAS:AMSC) 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.

American Superconductor's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=12.27/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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American Superconductor (American Superconductor) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
114 East Main Street, Ayer, MA, USA, 01432
American Superconductor Corp generates the ideas, technologies, and solutions that meet world's demand for smarter, cleaner and energy. Through its Windtec Solutions, the company enables manufacturers to launch wind turbines quickly, effectively and profitably. Through its Gridtec Solutions, the company provides engineering planning services and grid systems that optimize network reliability, efficiency and performance. The company's segment includes Grid and Wind. It generates maximum revenue from the Grid segment.
Executives
Daniel P Mcgahn officer: VP, Stategic Planning,Corp Dev C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR, 64 JACKSON ROAD, DEVENS MA 01434
Kosiba John W Jr officer: SVP, CFO & Treasurer C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 64 JACKSON ROAD, DEVENS MA 01434
Margaret D. Klein director C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 114 EAST MAIN STREET, AYER MA 01432
Laura A. Dambier director C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 114 EAST MAIN STREET, AYER MA 01432
Vikram S Budhraja director 201 S LAKE AVE STE 400, PASADENA CA 91101
Barbara G. Littlefield director C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 114 EAST MAIN STREET, AYER MA 01432
Wood John W Jr director C/O ANALOGIC, 8 CENTENNIAL DRIVE, PEABODY MA 01960
Oliver David R Jr director C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR, 2 TECHNOLOGY DR, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
John Vander Sande director
Arthur H House director C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 64 JACKSON ROAD, DEVENS MA 01434
David A Henry officer: SVP, CFO & Treasurer
James F Maguire officer: EVP, Gridtec Solutions C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP., 64 JACKSON ROAD, DEVENS MA 01434
Kevin Douglas 10 percent owner 300A DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Susan J Dicecco officer: VP, Corporate Administration C/O AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR, 64 JACKSON ROAD, DEVENS MA 01434
Angelo R Santamaria officer: VP & GM, AMSC Wires Bus. Unit MICROSEMI CORP, 2381 MORSE AVE, IRVINE CA 92614