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 Alibaba Group Holding is $74.795. Alibaba Group Holding's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $89.40. Therefore, Alibaba Group Holding's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.84.
The historical rank and industry rank for Alibaba Group Holding's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:
BABA'
s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.83 Med: 3.7 Max: 7.01
Current: 0.84
During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Alibaba Group Holding was 7.01. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 3.70.
BABA's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than 71.83% of 703
companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.3
vs BABA: 0.84
Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.
Alibaba Group Holding Graham Number Historical Data
The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding'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.
Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's Graham Number
For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding'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.
Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.
Alibaba Group Holding Graham Number Calculation
Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.
Alibaba Group Holding's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as
* 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.
Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) 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.
Alibaba Group Holding's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as
Price to Graham number
=
Share Price (Today)
/
Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=
74.795
/
89.40
=
0.84
* 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.
Alibaba Group Holding Graham Number Related Terms
Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Alibaba Group Holding's Graham Number provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.
Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) Business Description
Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume (CNY 8.3 trillion for the fiscal year ended March 2022). It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). Alibaba's China commerce retail division accounted for 67% of revenue in the year ended March 2022. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale (2%), international commerce retail/wholesale (5%/2%), local consumer services (5%), cloud computing (9%), digital media and entertainment platforms (4%), Cainiao logistics services (5%), and innovation initiatives/other (1%).
Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) Headlines
Quick Browse
Personalize
Premium Gurus 
Create New Portfolio
Portfolio Contest
BABA has been successfully added to your 