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Luxfer Holdings (Luxfer Holdings) Graham Number : $8.25 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Luxfer 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of Luxfer Holdings is $9.94. Luxfer Holdings's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.25. Therefore, Luxfer Holdings's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.20.

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

LXFR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.08   Med: 1.7   Max: 1.95
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Luxfer Holdings was 1.95. The lowest was 1.08. And the median was 1.70.

LXFR's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
64.36% of 2211 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.53 vs LXFR: 1.20

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


Luxfer Holdings Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Luxfer 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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Luxfer Holdings Graham Number Chart

Luxfer 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 10.53 8.40 11.51 12.12 8.25

Luxfer 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 12.07 11.73 11.31 9.35 8.25

Competitive Comparison of Luxfer Holdings's Graham Number

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Luxfer 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.


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

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

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



Luxfer Holdings Graham Number Calculation

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

Luxfer 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*4.96*0.61)
=8.25

Luxfer 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*4.96*0.61)
=8.25

* 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.


Luxfer Holdings  (NYSE:LXFR) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=9.94/8.25
=1.20

* 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.


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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Luxfer Holdings (Luxfer Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8989 North Port Washington Road, Suite 211, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53217
Luxfer Holdings PLC is a global manufacturer of highly-engineered industrial materials which focuses on value creation by using its broad array of technical know-how and proprietary technologies. Its high-performance materials, components and high-pressure gas containment devices are used in defense and emergency response, healthcare, transportation and general industrial applications. It focuses primarily on product lines related to magnesium alloys, zirconium chemicals and carbon composites. Its product areas, include magnesium aerospace alloys, photo-engraving plates, zirconium chemicals for automotive catalytic converters and high-pressure composite cylinders for breathing applications and a wide variety of other uses. Its segments are Elektron and Gas Cylinders.
Executives
Stephen Webster officer: Group Financial Controller LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Andrew Butcher officer: See Remarks LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Patrick K Mullen director LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Howard Ioan Mead officer: See Remarks LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Mark James Lawday officer: See Remarks LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Richard J Hipple director 10035 HUNTING DRIVE, BRECKSVILLE OH 44141
Sylvia Ann Stein director 1500 DEKOVEN AVE., RACINE WI 53403
Jeffrey C. Moorefield officer: See Remarks C/O LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Lisa G Trimberger director C/O CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, 6711 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE, SUITE 300, COLUMBIA MD 21046
Mark Chivers officer: See Remarks LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
David Landless director 8310 S. VALLEY HWY, SUITE 350, DENVER CO 80112
Graham Wardlow officer: See Remarks LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
James Gardella officer: President, Luxfer Magtech LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC, LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Megan Elizabeth Glise officer: Associate General Counsel LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Alok Maskara director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2140 LAKE PARK BLVD, RICHARDSON TX 75080

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