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Hoegh LNG Partners LP (Hoegh LNG Partners LP) Graham Number : $21.36 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Hoegh LNG Partners LP 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 Hoegh LNG Partners LP is $9.24. Hoegh LNG Partners LP's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $21.36. Therefore, Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.43.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

HMLP' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.2   Med: 0.85   Max: 16.02
Current: 0.38

During the past 10 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Hoegh LNG Partners LP was 16.02. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.85.

HMLP's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.845 vs HMLP: 0.38

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


Hoegh LNG Partners LP Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hoegh LNG Partners LP'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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Hoegh LNG Partners LP Graham Number Chart

Hoegh LNG Partners LP Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.53 25.56 19.15 21.29 21.50

Hoegh LNG Partners LP Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 21.61 21.50 21.33 24.30 21.36

Competitive Comparison of Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Hoegh LNG Partners LP'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.


Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Hoegh LNG Partners LP Graham Number Calculation

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

Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*15.558*1.32)
=21.50

Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*17.789*1.14)
=21.36

* 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.


Hoegh LNG Partners LP  (NYSE:HMLP) 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.

Hoegh LNG Partners LP's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2022 )
=9.24/21.36
=0.43

* 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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Hoegh LNG Partners LP (Hoegh LNG Partners LP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
22 Victoria Street, Canon's Court, Hamilton, BMU, HM 12
Hoegh LNG Partners LP own and operate floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), under long-term charters. The company's primary business objective is making accretive acquisitions of FSRUs, LNG carriers and other LNG infrastructure assets with long-term charters. It has two segments, which are the Majority held FSRUs and the Joint venture FSRUs. The Majority held FSRUs segment is a key revenue driver which includes the direct financing lease related to the PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) Tbk (PGN) FSRU Lampung and the operating lease-related to the Hoegh Gallant. The Joint venture FSRUs segment includes approximately two FSRUs, including the GDF Suez LNG Supply S.A. (GDF Suez) Neptune and the GDF Suez Cape Ann, which operate under long-term time charters.

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