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CommerceHub (CommerceHub) Graham Number : $1.72 (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is CommerceHub 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 CommerceHub is $22.73. CommerceHub's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $1.72. Therefore, CommerceHub's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 13.20.

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

CHUBA's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.2
* 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.


CommerceHub Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for CommerceHub'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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CommerceHub Graham Number Chart

CommerceHub Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Graham Number
- - 0.52 1.86

CommerceHub Quarterly Data
Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
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 1.04 1.48 1.83 1.86 1.72

Competitive Comparison of CommerceHub's Graham Number

For the Software - Application subindustry, CommerceHub'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.


CommerceHub's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, CommerceHub's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



CommerceHub Graham Number Calculation

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

CommerceHub's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*0.697*0.22)
=1.86

CommerceHub's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*0.804*0.164)
=1.72

* 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.


CommerceHub  (NAS:CHUBA) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2018 )
=22.73/1.72
=13.20

* 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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CommerceHub (CommerceHub) Business Description

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CommerceHub Inc through its platform provides cloud-based technologies and services to businesses for expansion of product offering. The company has integrated its platform with more than 200 enterprise retailers across North America. Its product offering includes; ProductStream, which is a fully customizable application to exchange data between omnichannel retailers and their suppliers; DemandStream, a cloud software to that offers data integration between omnichannel retail partners; and OrderStream, that is a cloud software real-time order integration between omnichannel retail partners. Almost all the revenues generated are from the United States and Canada.
Executives
Michael Huseby director 12405 POWERSCOURT DR, C/O CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, ST LOUIS MO 63131
Luis A Ubinas director 209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065-1175
Chad Hollingsworth director 6262 SUNSET DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33143
Richard N Baer director
Brian J Wendling director 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Betsy L. Morgan director 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Gary Nafus officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O MARCHEX, INC., 520 PIKE STREET, SUITE 2000, SEATTLE WA 98101
Liberty Interactive Corp 10 percent owner 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Gregory B Maffei director, officer: President/CEO 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Albert E Rosenthaler officer: Chief Tax Officer 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Christopher W Shean officer: Chief Financial Officer 12300 LIBERTY BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80116

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