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 (2022-08-10), the stock price of Energy Transfer LP is $11.215. Energy Transfer LP's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $14.92. Therefore, Energy Transfer LP's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.75.
The historical rank and industry rank for Energy Transfer LP's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:
ET'
s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.46 Med: 0.82 Max: 1.52
Current: 0.75
During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Energy Transfer LP was 1.52. The lowest was 0.46. And the median was 0.82.
ET's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than 55.57% of 601
companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.83
vs ET: 0.75
Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.
Energy Transfer LP Graham Number Historical Data
The historical data trend for Energy Transfer LP'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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Energy Transfer LP Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Graham Number
-
9.99
10.86
-
17.78
Energy Transfer LP Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Graham Number
14.78
17.10
17.83
13.58
14.92
Competitive Comparison
For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Energy Transfer LP's Graham Number, along with its competitors' market caps and 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.
Energy Transfer LP Graham Number Distribution
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Energy Transfer LP's Graham Number distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Energy Transfer LP's Graham Number falls into.
Energy Transfer LP Graham Number Calculation
Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.
Energy Transfer LP's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 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.
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) 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.
Energy Transfer LP's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as
Price to Graham number
=
Share Price (Today)
/
Graham number (Q: Jun. 2022 )
=
11.215
/
14.92
=
0.75
* 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.
Energy Transfer LP Graham Number Related Terms
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Energy Transfer owns a large platform of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquid assets primarily in Texas and the U.S. midcontinent region. It also has gathering and processing facilities, one of the largest fractionation facilities in the U.S., and fuel distribution. Energy Transfer also owns the Lake Charles gas liquefaction facility. It combined its publicly traded limited and general partnerships in October 2018.
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