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American Realty Investors (American Realty Investors) Graham Number

: $17.95 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of American Realty Investors is $14.70. American Realty Investors's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.95. Therefore, American Realty Investors's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.82.

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

ARL' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 0.59   Max: 0.97
Current: 0.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of American Realty Investors was 0.97. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.59.

ARL's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
53.43% of 1136 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 0.765 vs ARL: 0.81

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


American Realty Investors Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Realty Investors'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.

* Premium members only.

American Realty Investors Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 124.72 17.93

American Realty Investors Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 122.73 123.91 124.60 - 17.95

Competitive Comparison

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, American Realty Investors'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 Realty Investors Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

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



American Realty Investors Graham Number Calculation

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

American Realty Investors'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*38.088*0.375)
=17.93

American Realty Investors'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*38.088*0.376)
=17.95

* 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 Realty Investors  (NYSE:ARL) 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 Realty Investors's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=14.70/17.95
=0.82

* 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 Realty Investors (American Realty Investors) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1603 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Suite 800, One Hickory Centre, Dallas, TX, USA, 75234
American Realty Investors Inc is a real estate company. The company acquires, develops, and owns income-producing residential and commercial real estate properties. Its segment involves Residential segment and Commercial segment. Residential segment is engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership, and management of multifamily properties and Commercial segment is engaged in the acquisition, ownership, and management of commercial real estate properties. Its holdings include apartments, office buildings, retail centers, and parcels of land.
Executives
Bradford A. Phillips director 1605 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 700, FARMERS BRANCH TX 75234
Erik L Johnson officer: Ex. Vice President and CFO
Realty Advisors, Llc 10 percent owner 1603 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75234
Realty Advisors Inc 10 percent owner 1603 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75234
Daniel J Moos officer: President & COO 1603 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 800, DALLAS TX 75234
International Health Products, Inc. 10 percent owner 2010 VALLEY VIEW LANE, SUITE 250, DALLAS TX 75234
Martha C Stephens director 248 SIMMONS, DRIVE, COPPELL TX 75019
Gene S Bertcher officer: EVP & Chief Acctg. Officer 1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75234
David R. Fletcher officer: EVP & CFO C/O SOC TELEMED, INC., 1768 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 100, RESTON VA 20190
Reagan K Vidal officer: Ex VP Mg Dir Capital Markets 1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75234
Alfred Crozier officer: EVP 1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75234
Canon James D Iii officer: Exec. V.P.-Multi-Family Const. 1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75234
American Realty Investors Inc officer: Exec. V.P.-Multi-Family Const 1603 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 800, DALLAS TX 75234
Prime Income Asset Management Inc 10 percent owner
Robert A Jakuszewski director 1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE, DALLAS TX 75234