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Buffalo Wild Wings (Buffalo Wild Wings) Graham Number : $14.40 (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is Buffalo Wild Wings 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 Buffalo Wild Wings is $156.95. Buffalo Wild Wings's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $14.40. Therefore, Buffalo Wild Wings's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 10.90.

The historical rank and industry rank for Buffalo Wild Wings's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

BWLD's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 1.9
* 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.


Buffalo Wild Wings Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Buffalo Wild Wings'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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Buffalo Wild Wings Graham Number Chart

Buffalo Wild Wings Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.05 42.58 54.12 49.35 43.12

Buffalo Wild Wings Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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 51.79 43.08 24.75 8.28 14.40

Competitive Comparison of Buffalo Wild Wings's Graham Number

For the Restaurants subindustry, Buffalo Wild Wings'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.


Buffalo Wild Wings's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Buffalo Wild Wings's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Buffalo Wild Wings's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Buffalo Wild Wings Graham Number Calculation

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

Buffalo Wild Wings's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*16.14*5.12)
=43.12

Buffalo Wild Wings's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.395*3.85)
=14.40

* 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.


Buffalo Wild Wings  (NAS:BWLD) 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.

Buffalo Wild Wings's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2017 )
=156.95/14.40
=10.90

* 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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Buffalo Wild Wings (Buffalo Wild Wings) Business Description

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Buffalo Wild Wings operates and franchises restaurants under the names Buffalo Wild Wings, R Taco, and PizzaRev. The Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants, which provide the vast majority of company revenue, have sports-bar atmospheres and feature Buffalo-style chicken wings. The restaurants are designed for group gatherings and feature projection screens and dozens of televisions. About half of the company's restaurants are franchised. The company has a centralized supply chain that serves all company-owned and franchised restaurants. The majority of its restaurants are in the United States, but the company has a small presence in Canada and Mexico and is expanding to the Middle East and Asia.
Executives
Richard Mcguire director FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 2100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Alexander H Ware officer: Chief Financial Officer 4000 DAIN RAUSCHER PLAZA, 60 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Andre J Fernandez director 333 WEST STATE STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53203
Harmit J Singh director 71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Cindy L Davis director 2635 SW GRENWOLDE PLACE, PORTLAND OR 97201
Andrew D. Block officer: SVP-Talent Management 5500 WAYZATA BOULEVARD, SUITE 1600, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Lawton Iii Harry A director C/O EBAY INC., 2065, SAN JOSE CA 95125
Marcato Capital Management Llc director FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 2100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Marcato International Master Fund, Ltd. director C/O OGIER FIDUCIARY SERVICES (CAYMAN)LTD, 89 NEXUS WAY, CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9007
Janice L Fields director 800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD., ST. LOUIS MO 63167
Scott Bergren director 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Sally J Smith officer: CEO & President 5500 WAYZATA BLVD., SUITE 1600, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Sam Brian Rovit director KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC., THREE LAKES DRIVE, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Michael P Johnson director 2431 EAST 61ST STREET, TULSA OK 74136
Mary J Twinem officer: Exec VP, CFO & Treasurer 5500 WAYZATA BLVD., SUITE 1600, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416

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