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Distribution Solutions Group (Distribution Solutions Group) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Distribution Solutions Group 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 (2024-04-25), the stock price of Distribution Solutions Group is $33.205. Distribution Solutions Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Distribution Solutions Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Distribution Solutions Group's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Distribution Solutions Group was 10.75. The lowest was 1.16. And the median was 3.06.

DSGR's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Industrial Distribution industry.
Industry Median: 0.855
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

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


Distribution Solutions Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Distribution Solutions Group'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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Distribution Solutions Group Graham Number Chart

Distribution Solutions Group 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 5.95 8.26 - - -

Distribution Solutions Group 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 - 1.23 - 1.74 -

Competitive Comparison of Distribution Solutions Group's Graham Number

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Distribution Solutions Group'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.


Distribution Solutions Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Distribution Solutions Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Distribution Solutions Group's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Distribution Solutions Group Graham Number Calculation

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

Distribution Solutions Group'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*0.168*-0.213)
=N/A

Distribution Solutions Group'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*0.168*-0.013)
=N/A

* 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.


Distribution Solutions Group  (NAS:DSGR) 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.

Distribution Solutions Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=33.205/N/A
=N/A

* 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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Distribution Solutions Group (Distribution Solutions Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8770 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, IL, USA, 60631
Distribution Solutions Group Inc is an industrial distributor of maintenance and repair supplies. It has three operating segments namely Lawson, TestEquity, and Gexpro Services, of which key revenue is derived from the TestEquity segment. The TestEquity segment is a distributor of test and measurement equipment and solutions, electronic production supplies, and tool kits from its leading manufacturer partners supporting the technology, aerospace, defense, automotive, electronics, education, and medical industries.
Executives
Cesar Lanuza officer: President and CEO 8770 W. BYRN MAWR AVE. SUITE 900, C/O LAWSON PRODUCTS, CHICAGO IL 60634
Lkcm Headwater Investments Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 1600, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Robert Zamarripa director 8770 W. BYRN MAWR AVE. SUITE 900, C/O DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC., CHICAGO IL 60631
Robert R Connors officer: See Remarks POST OFFICE 792, MUNCIE IN 47308-0792
Russ Frazee officer: See Remarks 8770 W. BYRN MAWR AVE. SUITE 900, C/O LAWSON PRODUCTS, CHICAGO IL 60634
King Luther Capital Management Corp 10 percent owner 301 COMMERCE SUITE 1600, FORT WORTH TX 76102
301 Hw Opus Investors, Llc 10 percent owner 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 1600, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Lkcm Te Investors, Llc 10 percent owner 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 1600, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Lkcm Headwater Ii Sidecar Partnership, L.p. 10 percent owner 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 1600, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Lkcm Headwater Investments Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 1600, FORT WORTH TX 76102
David S Lambert officer: VP, Controller and CAO 770 W. BRYN MAWR AVE., SUITE 900, CHICAGO IL 60631
Bianca Rhodes director 8770 W. BRYN MAWR AVE. SUITE 900, C/O LAWSON PRODUCTS, CHICAGO IL 60622
Richard D Pufpaf officer: SVP and General Counsel 8770 W. BRYN MAWR AVE. SUITE 900, CHICAGO IL 60631
Matthew Jay Brown officer: SVP, Sales C/O LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC., 8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVE, SUITE 900, CHICAGO IL 60631
Shane Mccarthy officer: SVP, Operations C/O LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC., 8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE, SUITE 900, CHICAGO IL 60631