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Foot Locker (Foot Locker) Graham Number

: $24.17 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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 Foot Locker is $21.65. Foot Locker's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $24.17. Therefore, Foot Locker's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.90.

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

FL' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.77   Med: 1.18   Max: 1.66
Current: 0.9

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Foot Locker was 1.66. The lowest was 0.77. And the median was 1.18.

FL's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
68.86% of 700 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.295 vs FL: 0.90

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


Foot Locker Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Foot Locker'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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Foot Locker Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 49.45 39.79 57.89 49.83 24.17

Foot Locker Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 49.78 44.88 38.28 31.26 24.17

Competitive Comparison

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Foot Locker'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.


Foot Locker Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Foot Locker's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Foot Locker Graham Number Calculation

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

Foot Locker's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*18.286*1.42)
=24.17

Foot Locker's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*18.286*1.42)
=24.17

* 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.


Foot Locker  (NYSE:FL) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=21.65/24.17
=0.90

* 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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Foot Locker (Foot Locker) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
330 West 34th Street, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Foot Locker Inc operates thousands of retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It also has one franchisee in the Middle East and one in South Korea, each of which operates multiple stores in those regions. The company mainly sells athletically inspired shoes and apparel. Foot Locker's merchandise comes from only a few suppliers, with Nike providing the majority. Store names include Foot Locker, Champs, and Runners Point. The company also has an e-commerce business selling through Footlocker.com, Eastbay, and Final-Score.
Executives
Mary N Dillon director, officer: President & CEO ULTA BEAUTY, INC., 1000 REMINGTON BLVD SUITE 120, BOLINGBROOK IL 60440
Jennifer Kraft officer: EVP and General Counsel C/O FOOT LOCKER, INC., NEW YORK NY 10001
Michael Baughn officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O FOOT LOCKER, INC., 140 FOUNTAIN PARKWAY, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716
Robert Higginbotham officer: Interim CFO C/O FOOT LOCKER, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
John A Maurer officer: VP, Treasurer FOOT LOCKER, INC., 112 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10120
Giovanna Cipriano officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer FOOT LOCKER, INC., 112 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10120
Todd Greener officer: SVP, Global Supply Chain 330 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Richard A Johnson director, officer: President & CEO FOOT LOCKER, INC., 112 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10120
Rosalind Reeves officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer C/O FOOT LOCKER, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Elliott Rodgers officer: EVP, Chief Operations Officer C/O LEVI STRAUSS & CO., 1155 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Vesa Equity Investment S.a R.l. 10 percent owner 2, PLACE DE PARIS, LUXEMBOURG N4 L-2314
Nitin Neil Bansal officer: EVP,Chief Strat&Transform Off C/O FOOT LOCKER, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Andrew E Page officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O FOOT LOCKER, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Samantha Lomow officer: President, Global Brands 2400 WEST CENTRAL ROAD, HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60192
Virginia Drosos director CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11