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Generac Holdings (Generac Holdings) Graham Number : $11.20 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Generac Holdings 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 Generac Holdings is $140.12. Generac Holdings's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.20. Therefore, Generac Holdings's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 12.51.

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

GNRC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.42   Med: 10.99   Max: 12.73
Current: 12.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Generac Holdings was 12.73. The lowest was 10.42. And the median was 10.99.

GNRC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
98.42% of 2212 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.51 vs GNRC: 12.51

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


Generac Holdings Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Generac Holdings'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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Generac Holdings Graham Number Chart

Generac Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 21.82 - - 11.18

Generac Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 - 2.32 13.25 12.41 11.20

Competitive Comparison of Generac Holdings's Graham Number

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Generac Holdings'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.


Generac Holdings's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



Generac Holdings Graham Number Calculation

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

Generac Holdings'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*1.028*5.4)
=11.18

Generac Holdings'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*1.028*5.42)
=11.20

* 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.


Generac Holdings  (NYSE:GNRC) 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.

Generac Holdings's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=140.12/11.20
=12.51

* 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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Generac Holdings (Generac Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
S45 W29290 Highway 59, Waukesha, WI, USA, 53189
Generac Power Systems designs and manufactures power generation equipment serving residential, commercial, and industrial markets. It offers standby generators, portable generators, lighting, outdoor power equipment, and a suite of clean energy products. Sales generated in the United States account for the majority of total sales.
Executives
Aaron Jagdfeld director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., S45 W29290 HWY.59, WAUKESHA WI 53187
Rajendra Kumar Kanuru officer: EVP, GC, Corp. Secretary S45 W29290 HIGHWAY 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Robert D Dixon director 7201 HAMILTON BOULEVARD, ALLENTOWN PA 18195-1501
Norman P Taffe officer: President Energy Technology 3901 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Russell S Minick officer: Executive Vice President Sales 414 EAST THIRD STREET, MUSCATINE IA 52761
Nam Tran Nguyen director S45 W29290 HIGHWAY 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
York A. Ragen officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., S45 W29290 HWY.59, WAUKESHA WI 53187
Patrick John Forsythe officer: Exec Vice President C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., P.O. BOX 8, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Erik Wilde officer: EVP - NAM Industrial S45 W29290 HWY 59, C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS, INC., WAUKESHA WI 53189
Kyle Andrew Raabe officer: EVP Consumer Power S45 W29290 HIGHWAY 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Thomas F Pettit officer: Chief Operations Officer 5695 MERRY LANE, EXCELSIOR MN 55331
Marcia J Avedon director C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, 800-E BEATY STREET, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Roger Pascavis officer: Senior VP, Operations C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., S45 W29290 HWY.59, WAUKESHA WI 53187
Jeffrey Lee Mueller officer: President/GM - Consumer Power GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., S45 W29290 HWY. 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Jenkins William D Jr director C/O PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC, 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054