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Mission Produce (Mission Produce) Graham Number : $4.82 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Mission Produce 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 (2024-05-12), the stock price of Mission Produce is $12.20. Mission Produce's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $4.82. Therefore, Mission Produce's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.53.

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

AVO' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.37   Med: 1.97   Max: 4.02
Current: 2.53

During the past 6 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Mission Produce was 4.02. The lowest was 1.37. And the median was 1.97.

AVO's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
76.92% of 234 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.245 vs AVO: 2.53

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


Mission Produce Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mission Produce'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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Mission Produce Graham Number Chart

Mission Produce Annual Data
Trend Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 10.33 9.41 9.65 1.27 5.29

Mission Produce Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 6.39 5.42 2.89 2.34 4.82

Competitive Comparison of Mission Produce's Graham Number

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Mission Produce'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.


Mission Produce's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Mission Produce's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Mission Produce Graham Number Calculation

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

Mission Produce's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*6.556*0.19)
=5.29

Mission Produce's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*6.571*0.157)
=4.82

* 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.


Mission Produce  (NAS:AVO) 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.

Mission Produce's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=12.20/4.82
=2.53

* 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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Mission Produce (Mission Produce) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2710 Camino Del Sol, Oxnard, CA, USA, 93030
Mission Produce Inc is engaged in the business of producing and distributing avocados, serving retail, wholesale, and food service customers. Also, the company provides additional services like ripening, bagging, custom packing, and logistical management. The company's operating segments include Marketing and Distribution and International Farming and Blueberries. It generates maximum revenue from the Marketing and Distribution segment. The Marketing and Distribution segment sources fruit mainly from growers and then distributes fruit through a distribution network.
Executives
Bryan E Giles officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Stephen J Barnard director, officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Tony B Sarsam director 850 76TH STREET SW, PO BOX 8700, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Luis A Gonzalez director, 10 percent owner C/O MISSION PRODUCE,INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Juan R Wiesner officer: See Remarks C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Timothy Bulow officer: President and COO 2710 CAMINO DEL SOL, OXNARD CA 93030
Bonnie Cruickshank Lind director 3460 PRESTON RIDGE ROAD, ALPHARETTA GA 30005
Shaunte Danielle Mears-watkins director 2710 CAMINO DEL SOL, OXNARD CA 93030
Joanne C Wu officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2710 CAMINO DEL SOL, OXNARD CA 93030
Michael A Browne officer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Jay A Pack director C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Steve A Beebe director C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Ross W Wileman officer: See Remarks C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Bruce C. Taylor director, 10 percent owner C/O TAYLOR FARMS, 911-B BLANCO CIRCLE, SALINAS CA 93901
Linda B Segre director 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD, CARLSBAD CA 92008