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Columbia Property Trust (Columbia Property Trust) Graham Number : $18.86 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Columbia Property Trust 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 (2024-05-12), the stock price of Columbia Property Trust is $19.28. Columbia Property Trust's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $18.86. Therefore, Columbia Property Trust's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.02.

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

CXP' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.64   Med: 1.39   Max: 7.43
Current: 1.02

During the past 12 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Columbia Property Trust was 7.43. The lowest was 0.64. And the median was 1.39.

CXP's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 0.8 vs CXP: 1.02

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


Columbia Property Trust Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Columbia Property Trust'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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Columbia Property Trust Graham Number Chart

Columbia Property Trust 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 17.51 26.04 6.34 6.29 22.47

Columbia Property Trust 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 - 22.47 21.83 20.69 18.86

Competitive Comparison of Columbia Property Trust's Graham Number

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Columbia Property Trust'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.


Columbia Property Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Columbia Property Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Columbia Property Trust Graham Number Calculation

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

Columbia Property Trust'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*22.208*1.01)
=22.47

Columbia Property Trust'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*21.566*0.733)
=18.86

* 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.


Columbia Property Trust  (NYSE:CXP) 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.

Columbia Property Trust's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=19.28/18.86
=1.02

* 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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Columbia Property Trust (Columbia Property Trust) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
315 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, USA, 10010
Columbia Property Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust engaged in acquiring, developing, and leasing office properties in large metropolitan areas throughout the United States. In terms of total square footage, the company's real estate portfolio is primarily composed of offices in San Francisco, Atlanta, New York City, Cleveland, and Houston. Columbia Property also derives most of its total revenue in the form of rental income from these same cities. The company's largest office tenants are legal services firms, business services companies, depository institutions, and securities and commodities brokers. These industries contribute the majority of Columbia's total rent revenue.
Executives
Thomas G Wattles director ONE INDEPENDENT DRIVE, SUITE 114, JACKSONVILLE FL 32202
Wentworth Francis X. Jr. director 315 PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEW YORK NY 10010
Michael S. Robb director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 600 ATLANTA GA 30309
Murray J. Mccabe director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 600, ATLANTA GA 30309
John L. Dixon director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 600 ATLANTA GA 30309
Moore Constance B director 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 4980, HOUSTON TX 77002
Carmen M Bowser director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 600, ATLANTA GA 30309
David Henry director 3333 NEW HYDE PARK ROAD, NEW HYDE PARK NY 11042
E Nelson Mills director, officer: President & CEO 1170 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 600 ATLANTA GA 30309
Kevin A. Hoover officer: EVP Portfolio Management 1170 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 600 ATLANTA GA 30309
Jeffrey K. Gronning officer: Chief Investment Officer 315 PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEW YORK NY 10010
James A Fleming officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 600, ATLANTA GA 30309
Wendy W Gill officer: SVP, Corp Ops & CAO 1170 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 600 ATLANTA GA 30309
George W Sands director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 600 ATLANTA GA 30309
David S Dowdney officer: SVP, Head of Leasing 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE SUITE 600 ATLANTA GA 30309

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