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Viavi Solutions (Viavi Solutions) Graham Number : $2.93 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Viavi Solutions 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 Viavi Solutions is $8.01. Viavi Solutions's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.93. Therefore, Viavi Solutions's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.73.

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

VIAV' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4.08   Max: 11.57
Current: 2.73

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Viavi Solutions was 11.57. The lowest was 2.00. And the median was 4.08.

VIAV's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
79.33% of 1587 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.51 vs VIAV: 2.73

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


Viavi Solutions Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viavi Solutions'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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Viavi Solutions Graham Number Chart

Viavi Solutions Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.08 1.96 2.80 4.66 3.14

Viavi Solutions Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.71 3.41 3.14 2.68 2.93

Competitive Comparison of Viavi Solutions's Graham Number

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Viavi Solutions'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.


Viavi Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Viavi Solutions Graham Number Calculation

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

Viavi Solutions's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*0.797*0.55)
=3.14

Viavi Solutions's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1.007*0.38)
=2.93

* 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.


Viavi Solutions  (NAS:VIAV) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=8.01/2.93
=2.73

* 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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Viavi Solutions (Viavi Solutions) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1445 South Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 102, Chandler, AZ, USA, 85286
Viavi Solutions Inc. is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions to communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, civil government, military and avionics customers. The company also offers high-performance thin-film optical coatings, providing light management solutions to anti-counterfeiting, 3D sensing, electronics, automotive, defense and instrumentation markets. Its operating segments include Network Enablement, Service Enablement, and Optical Security and Performance Products. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Paul Mcnab officer: EVP, Chief Mktg & Stgy Officer C/O JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION, 430 N MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Gary W Staley officer: SVP Global Sales NSE VIAVI SOLUTIONS, INC., 430 NORTH MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 95035
Ralph Rondinone officer: SVP Global Operations NSE C/O JDS UNIPHASE, 430 NORTH MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Kevin Christopher Siebert officer: SVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary 430 NORTH MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Luke M Scrivanich officer: SVP General Manager OSP 430 N MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Oleg Khaykin officer: President & CEO
Doug Gilstrap director 1445 SOUTH SPECTRUM BLVD., SUITE 102, CHANDLER AZ 85286
Joanne Solomon director 1900 S. PRICE ROAD, CHANDLER AZ 85286
Richard Belluzzo director C/O QUANTUM CORP, 501 SYCAORE DR, MILPITAS CA 95035
Timothy Campos director C/O JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION, 430 N MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Henk Derksen officer: EVP, CFO 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., SUITE 1500, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Pamela K. Avent officer: Interim CFO C/O VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., 6001 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Keith Barnes director 10100 N TANTAU AVE, CUPERTINO CA 95014-2540
Glenda Dorchak director C/O MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 350 OAKMEAD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Tor Braham director C/O NETAPP, 495 E. JAVA DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089