GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Industrials » Construction » Limbach Holdings Inc (NAS:LMB) » Definitions » Graham Number

Limbach Holdings (Limbach Holdings) Graham Number : $17.31 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 2014. Start your Free Trial

What is Limbach 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 (2024-04-27), the stock price of Limbach Holdings is $44.45. Limbach Holdings's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.31. Therefore, Limbach Holdings's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.57.

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

LMB' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.88   Med: 1.12   Max: 2.64
Current: 2.57

During the past 10 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Limbach Holdings was 2.64. The lowest was 0.88. And the median was 1.12.

LMB's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
84.42% of 1136 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1 vs LMB: 2.57

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


Limbach Holdings Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Limbach 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.

* Premium members only.

Limbach Holdings Graham Number Chart

Limbach 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 4.10 9.46 10.17 11.03 17.24

Limbach 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 10.92 13.62 15.98 17.60 17.31

Competitive Comparison of Limbach Holdings's Graham Number

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Limbach 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.


Limbach Holdings's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



Limbach Holdings Graham Number Calculation

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

Limbach 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*7.229*1.828)
=17.24

Limbach 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*7.229*1.843)
=17.31

* 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.


Limbach Holdings  (NAS:LMB) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=44.45/17.31
=2.57

* 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.


Limbach Holdings Graham Number Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Limbach Holdings's Graham Number provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Limbach Holdings (Limbach Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
797 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, USA, 15086
Limbach Holdings Inc is a commercial specialty contractor in the fields of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and building controls for the design and construction of new and renovated buildings, maintenance services, energy retrofits, and equipment upgrades. It operates in two segments namely General Contractor Relationships (GCR) and Owner Direct Relationships (ODR). The company generates maximum revenue from the GCR segment.
Executives
Jayme L. Brooks officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 21211 NORDHOFF STREET, CHATSWORTH CA 91311
Michael M Mccann officer: Chief Operating Officer 797 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, WARRENDALE PA 15086
Norbert W. Young director 31-35TH STREET, PITTSBURGH PA 15201
Gordon G Pratt director, officer: President and CEO 1101 BRICKELL AVENUE, SOUTH TOWER, 8TH FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Jay Sharp officer: President of Limbach 797 COMMWEALTH DRIVE, WARRENDALE PA 15086
Nicholas Angerosa officer: President of Harper 797 COMMWEALTH DRIVE, WARRENDALE PA 15086
Joshua Horowitz director 72-38 113TH STREET, APARTMENT 3L, FOREST HILLS NY 11375
Bacon Charles A. Iii officer: President and CEO 31-35TH STREET, PITTSBURGH PA 15201
Linda G Alvarado director 2140 LAKE PARK BOULEVARD, RICHARDSON TX 75080-2254
Laurel J Krzeminski director 585 WEST BEACH STREET, PO BOX 50085, WATSONVILLE CA 95076
1347 Investors Llc 10 percent owner 150 PIERCE ROAD, 6TH FLOOR, ITASCA IL 60143
Palm Global Small Cap Master Fund Lp director C/O PALM MANAGEMENT (US) LLC, 19 WEST ELM STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Bradley C Palmer other: Director by Deputization C/O PALM MANAGEMENT (US) LLC, 19 WEST ELM STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Palm Management (us) Llc director 19 WEST ELM STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Kingsway Financial Services Inc 10 percent owner 10 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 1520, CHICAGO IL 60606