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Burlington Stores (Burlington Stores) Graham Number : $38.11 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Burlington Stores 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of Burlington Stores is $184.82. Burlington Stores's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $38.11. Therefore, Burlington Stores's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.85.

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

BURL' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.83   Med: 7.72   Max: 9.05
Current: 4.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Burlington Stores was 9.05. The lowest was 4.83. And the median was 7.72.

BURL's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
91.32% of 703 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.29 vs BURL: 4.85

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


Burlington Stores Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Burlington Stores'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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Burlington Stores Graham Number Chart

Burlington Stores Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.03 - 35.51 26.23 37.89

Burlington Stores Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 26.71 27.96 29.56 32.20 38.11

Competitive Comparison of Burlington Stores's Graham Number

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Burlington Stores'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.


Burlington Stores's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Burlington Stores's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Burlington Stores Graham Number Calculation

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

Burlington Stores's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*11.129*5.732)
=37.89

Burlington Stores's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*11.129*5.799)
=38.11

* 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.


Burlington Stores  (NYSE:BURL) 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.

Burlington Stores's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=184.82/38.11
=4.85

* 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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Burlington Stores (Burlington Stores) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2006 Route 130 North, Burlington, NJ, USA, 08016
The third-largest American dedicated off-price apparel and home fashion retail firm, with 927 stores as of the end of fiscal 2022, Burlington Stores offers an assortment of products from over 5,000 brands through an everyday-low-price approach that undercuts conventional retailers' regular prices by up to 60%. The company focuses on providing a treasure-hunt experience, with a quickly changing array of merchandise in a relatively low-frills shopping environment. In fiscal 2022, 24% of sales came from accessories and footwear, 22% from women's ready-to-wear apparel, 21% from home décor, 17% from menswear, 12% from youth apparel and baby, and 4% from outerwear. All sales come from the United States.
Executives
William P Mcnamara director
Jennifer Vecchio officer: President and CMO 2006 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Jeffrey Laub officer: SVP, Finance and CAO C/O BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY WAREHOUSE CO, 1830 ROUTE 130, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Kristin Wolfe officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BURLINGTON STORES, INC., 1830 ROUTE 130, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Travis Marquette officer: President and COO 2006 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Mike Metheny officer: Executive Vice President 1830 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Dennis Hodgson officer: EVP CIO 2006 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Michael R Allison officer: EVP CHRO 6600 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BOCA RATON FL 33496
Joyce Manning Magrini officer: Executive Vice President C/O FINLAY ENTERPRISES, INC., 529 FIFTH AVENUE, ATTN: LEGAL DPT., NEW YORK NY 10017
Michael Goodwin director 2006 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Fred Hand officer: Chief Customer Officer 1830 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
John Crimmins officer: Chief Financial Officer 1830 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Thomas Kingsbury director, officer: President & CEO 2006 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
O Sullivan Michael B director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Paul Sullivan director 1830 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016