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Loral Spacemmunications (Loral Spacemmunications) Graham Number : $25.41 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Loral Spacemmunications 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 (2024-04-25), the stock price of Loral Spacemmunications is $41.52. Loral Spacemmunications's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $25.41. Therefore, Loral Spacemmunications's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.63.

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

LORL's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.52
* 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.


Loral Spacemmunications Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Loral Spacemmunications'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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Loral Spacemmunications Graham Number Chart

Loral Spacemmunications Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.64 30.15 8.19 27.08 21.31

Loral Spacemmunications Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21
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 6.44 21.20 36.90 33.93 25.41

Competitive Comparison of Loral Spacemmunications's Graham Number

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Loral Spacemmunications'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.


Loral Spacemmunications's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Loral Spacemmunications's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Loral Spacemmunications Graham Number Calculation

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

Loral Spacemmunications's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*6.774*2.98)
=21.31

Loral Spacemmunications's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*7.8*3.68)
=25.41

* 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.


Loral Spacemmunications  (NAS:LORL) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=41.52/25.41
=1.63

* 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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Loral Spacemmunications (Loral Spacemmunications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
600 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10020
Loral Space & Communications Inc is a provider of satellite-based communications services. The firm generates revenue from two main sources: broadcast services and enterprise services. The former includes video distribution and contribution for broadcasters and cable networks. The latter offers telecommunication carrier and integrator services, two-way Internet services, and maritime and aeronautical services for carriers, and communications providers. A large majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States and Canada, with the rest coming from Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa.
Executives
Janet T Yeung director MHR FUND MANAGEMENT LLC 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10105
Mhr Fund Management Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS,, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Rachesky Mark H Md director, 10 percent owner 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Mhr Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Ravinder Singh Girgla officer: Vice President and Controller 565 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017
Michael B Targoff director 40 WEST 57TH ST., NEW YORK NY 10019
Mhrc Ii Llc 10 percent owner 40 WEST 57TH STREET 24TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019
Mhrc I Llc 10 percent owner 40 WEST 57TH STREET 24TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019
John Capogrossi officer: VP and Controller 600 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10016
Arthur L Simon director 971 HAVERSTRAW RD SUFFERN NY 10901
Harvey B Rein officer: Vice President & Controller 600 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10016
Richard Mastoloni officer: Vice President & Treasurer 600 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10016
Dean Olmstead director 90 INVERNESS CIRCLE EAST, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Harkey John D Jr director 305 MAIN STREET, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Mhr Institutional Advisors Iii Llc 10 percent owner 40 WEST 57 STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019