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Entergy (Entergy) Graham Number

: $128.52 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-18), the stock price of Entergy is $103.23. Entergy's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $128.52. Therefore, Entergy's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.80.

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

ETR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.79   Med: 1.2   Max: 1.45
Current: 0.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Entergy was 1.45. The lowest was 0.79. And the median was 1.20.

ETR's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
69.76% of 410 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.125 vs ETR: 0.80

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


Entergy Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Entergy'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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Entergy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 87.22 88.20 89.15 77.37 128.08

Entergy Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 77.54 78.49 92.29 98.36 128.52

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Entergy'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.


Entergy Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Entergy's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Entergy Graham Number Calculation

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

Entergy's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*66.942*10.892)
=128.08

Entergy'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*66.942*10.967)
=128.52

* 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.


Entergy  (NYSE:ETR) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=103.23/128.52
=0.80

* 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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Entergy (Entergy) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70113
Entergy is a holding company with five regulated integrated utilities that generate and distribute electricity to about 3 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. It is one of the largest power producers in the country with approximately 23 gigawatts of rate-regulated utility-owned power generation capacity. Entergy was the second-largest nuclear owner in the U.S. before it began retiring and selling its plants in the Northeast in 2014.
Executives
Marcus V Brown officer: Senior V.P. & General Counsel C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FL., NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Deanna D. Rodriguez other: "Officer" Under Sec. 16 Rules C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Alexis M Herman director 1501 M STREET N W SUITE 1175, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Gina F. Adams director C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
John H. Black director C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Anastasia Minor other: "Officer" Under Sec. 16 Rules C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Haley Fisackerly other: "Officer" Under Sec 16 Rules
Jason Chapman other: "Officer" Under Sec. 16 Rules C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Reginald T Jackson officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Kimberly Cook-nelson officer: EVP, Chief Nuclear Officer C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Paul D Hinnenkamp officer: SVP & Chief Operating Officer C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Norgeot Peter S Jr officer: SVP, Transformation C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Leo P Denault officer: Executive V.P. and CFO
May Phillip R Jr other: "Officer" Under Sec. 16 Rules C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113
Andrew S Marsh officer: Executive Vice President & CFO C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVE., 26TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS LA 70113

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