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Genie Energy (Genie Energy) Graham Number : $7.94 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Genie Energy 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 (2024-04-25), the stock price of Genie Energy is $15.70. Genie Energy's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.94. Therefore, Genie Energy's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.98.

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

GNE' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56   Med: 1.18   Max: 3.35
Current: 1.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Genie Energy was 3.35. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 1.18.

GNE's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
86.27% of 408 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs GNE: 1.98

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


Genie Energy Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Genie Energy'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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Genie Energy Graham Number Chart

Genie Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.31 4.81 7.03 18.35 8.49

Genie Energy Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 18.39 17.69 18.84 17.96 7.94

Competitive Comparison of Genie Energy's Graham Number

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Genie Energy'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.


Genie Energy's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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



Genie Energy Graham Number Calculation

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

Genie Energy'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*6.73*0.476)
=8.49

Genie Energy'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*6.73*0.416)
=7.94

* 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.


Genie Energy  (NYSE:GNE) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=15.70/7.94
=1.98

* 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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Genie Energy (Genie Energy) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
520 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, USA, 07102
Genie Energy, through its subsidiaries, operates primarily as a global retail energy provider. It operates two reportable business segments: Genie retail energy, or GRE, and Genie renewables. The Genie retail energy segment resells energy to residential and commercial consumers in the Eastern and Midwestern United States through its portfolio of various retail energy providers. The Genie renewables segment holds controlling interests in various companies engaged in the manufacturing of solar panels, solar installation design, and solar energy project management.
Executives
Alan B Rosenthal director C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Joyce J Mason director IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Avi Goldin officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
James A Courter director IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Howard S Jonas director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board
Michael C Jonas officer: Executive Vice President C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 550 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Michael M Stein officer: Executive Vice President 550 BROAD STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEWARK NJ 07102
Irwin Katsof director C/O CTM MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 11 LARGO DRIVE SOUTH, STAMFORD CT 06907
Claude Pupkin officer: CEO & President IDT CORPORATION, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Ira A Greenstein officer: President IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Idt Corp 10 percent owner 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
William Wesley Perry director
Allan Sass director C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Geoffrey Rochwarger officer: Vice Chairman IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102