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Activision Blizzard (Activision Blizzard) Graham Number : $29.87 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Activision Blizzard 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 (2024-05-03), the stock price of Activision Blizzard is $94.42. Activision Blizzard's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $29.87. Therefore, Activision Blizzard's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.16.

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

ATVI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.45   Med: 4.15   Max: 7.46
Current: 3.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Activision Blizzard was 7.46. The lowest was 2.45. And the median was 4.15.

ATVI's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 1.68 vs ATVI: 3.16

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


Activision Blizzard Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Activision Blizzard'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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Activision Blizzard Graham Number Chart

Activision Blizzard Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.76 12.31 20.01 26.96 21.28

Activision Blizzard Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 24.60 24.13 22.88 26.36 29.87

Competitive Comparison of Activision Blizzard's Graham Number

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Activision Blizzard'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.


Activision Blizzard's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Activision Blizzard's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Activision Blizzard Graham Number Calculation

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

Activision Blizzard's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*10.496*1.917)
=21.28

Activision Blizzard's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*12.386*3.202)
=29.87

* 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.


Activision Blizzard  (NAS:ATVI) 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.

Activision Blizzard's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=94.42/29.87
=3.16

* 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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Activision Blizzard (Activision Blizzard) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2701 Olympic Boulevard, Building B, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 90404
Activision Blizzard was formed in 2008 by the merger of Activision, one of the largest console video game publishers, and Blizzard, one of largest PC video game publishers. The combined firm remains one of the world's largest video game publishers. Activision's impressive franchise portfolio includes World of Warcraft, which boasts more than $8 billion of lifetime sales, and Call of Duty, which has sold over 175 million copies across 14 titles over 12 years.
Executives
Julie Hodges officer: Chief People Officer C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 2701 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, BUILDING B, SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Peter J Nolan director 11111SANTA MONICA BLVD, STE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Daniel Alegre officer: President and COO 9800 59TH AVENUE NORTH, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55317
Robert A Kotick director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Brian Bulatao officer: Chief Administrative Officer C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Armin Zerza officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC, 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Grant Michael Dixton officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Lulu Cheng Meservey director 2701 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, BUILDING B, SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Dawn Ostroff director 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA 91405
Barry Meyer director C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD., SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Reveta F Bowers director C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Brian G Kelly director 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Robert J Morgado director 3100 OCAN PARK BLVD, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Robert J Corti director C/O AVON PRODUCTS INC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105-0196
Kerry Carr director ONE MEADOWLANDS PLAZA, EAST RUTHERFORD NJ 07073