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Twenty-First Century Fox (Twenty-First Century Fox) Graham Number : $34.64 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Twenty-First Century Fox 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 Twenty-First Century Fox is $49.61. Twenty-First Century Fox's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $34.64. Therefore, Twenty-First Century Fox's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.43.

The historical rank and industry rank for Twenty-First Century Fox's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

TFCF's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.37
* 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.


Twenty-First Century Fox Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Twenty-First Century Fox'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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Twenty-First Century Fox Graham Number Chart

Twenty-First Century Fox Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 4.51

Twenty-First Century Fox Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 - 0.31 4.51 7.84 34.64

Competitive Comparison of Twenty-First Century Fox's Graham Number

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Twenty-First Century Fox'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.


Twenty-First Century Fox's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Twenty-First Century Fox's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Twenty-First Century Fox's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Twenty-First Century Fox Graham Number Calculation

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

Twenty-First Century Fox's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*0.375*2.41)
=4.51

Twenty-First Century Fox's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*7.15*7.46)
=34.64

* 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.


Twenty-First Century Fox  (NAS:TFCF) 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2018 )
=49.61/34.64
=1.43

* 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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Twenty-First Century Fox (Twenty-First Century Fox) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
21st Century Fox is a media conglomerate with a wide range of assets: a film studio, which creates television programs and movies; broadcast television, including the Fox broadcast network and local TV stations in the U.S.; cable networks, which comprise over 300 channels around the world; and direct-broadcast satellite TV in the form of Sky, a satellite pay-tv provider in Europe.
Executives
Chase Carey director C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
David F Devoe director C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Murdoch Family Trust 10 percent owner C/O MCDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP, 100 LIBERTY STREET, RENO NV 89501
Cruden Financial Services Llc 10 percent owner C/O MCDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP, 100 LIBERTY STREET, RENO NV 89501
John Nallen officer: Senior EVP, CFO C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
James R Murdoch director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O LUPA SYSTEMS, 363 LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Keith Rupert Murdoch director, officer: Executive Chairman C/O FOX CORPORATION, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Gerson Zweifach officer: See Remarks C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jacques A Nasser director
Lachlan K Murdoch director, officer: Executive Chairman C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Robert S Silberman director C/O STRAYER EDUCATION INC, 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
James Breyer director ACCEL PARTNERS, 428 UNIVERSITY AVE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Viet D Dinh director GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, 600 NEW JERSEY AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON DC 20001
Jeffrey W Ubben director, other: See Remarks 1170 GORGAS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Valueact Capital Master Fund, L.p. director, other: See Remarks ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129

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