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Triple-S Management (Triple-S Management) Graham Number : $57.05 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Triple-S Management 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 (2024-05-14), the stock price of Triple-S Management is $35.99. Triple-S Management's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $57.05. Therefore, Triple-S Management's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Triple-S Management's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

GTS' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27   Med: 0.59   Max: 2.1
Current: 0.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Triple-S Management was 2.10. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 0.59.

GTS's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Healthcare Plans industry.
Industry Median: 2.47 vs GTS: 0.63

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


Triple-S Management Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Triple-S Management'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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Triple-S Management Graham Number Chart

Triple-S Management 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 22.33 42.68 - 58.61 50.98

Triple-S Management 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 46.77 51.15 67.25 61.91 57.05

Competitive Comparison of Triple-S Management's Graham Number

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Triple-S Management'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.


Triple-S Management's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Triple-S Management's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Triple-S Management Graham Number Calculation

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

Triple-S Management'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*40.103*2.88)
=50.98

Triple-S Management'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*41.567*3.48)
=57.05

* 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.


Triple-S Management  (NYSE:GTS) 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.

Triple-S Management's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=35.99/57.05
=0.63

* 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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Triple-S Management (Triple-S Management) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1441 F.D. Roosevelt Avenue, San Juan, PRI, 00920
Triple-S Management Corp is a diversified insurance provider that operates in Puerto Rico. The company operates three segments including Managed Care, Life insurance; and Property and casualty insurance. It generates the vast majority of its revenue through premiums earned from the sale of managed care products to the Commercial, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid sectors. Triple-S generally receives revenues from premiums, administrative service fees, and investment income.
Executives
Arturo Carrion officer: President, Triple-S Vida, Inc. PO BOX 363628 SAN JUAN PR 00936-3628
Juan R Serrano officer: Chief Strategy & HCD Officer PO BOX 363628 SAN JUAN PR 00936
Stephen Ondra director 150 ALLEN ROAD, SUITE 201, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Joseph A. Frick director ONE COMMERCE SQUARE 2005 MARKET ST., SUITE 3300 19103 PR 19073
Chafey David H Jr director P O BOX 362708, SAN JUAN PR 936-2708
Gail Boxer Marcus director 201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SUITE 410, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Manuel Figueroa director P.O. BOX 363628 SAN JUAN PR 00936-3628
Luis A Clavell director PO BOX 363628 SAN JUAN PR 00936-3628
Cari M Dominguez director MANPOWERGROUP INC., 100 MANPOWER PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI 53212
Maria-ros Roberto Santa director 1441 F.D. ROOSEVELT AVE 6TH FLOOR SAN JUAN PR 00936
Ilia Rodriguez officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 1441 F.D. ROOSEVELT AVE., 6TH FLOOR SAN JUAN PR 00836
Pedro Aponte officer: Chief Information Officer 1441 F.D ROOSEVELT AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR SAN JUAN PR 00936
Ivelisse Fernandez officer: CMCO 1441 F.D. ROOSEVELT AVE., 6TH FLOOR SAN JUAN PR 00936
Del Amo Mojica Jose officer: President, TSP and TIA 1441 F.D. ROOSEVELT AVE., 6TH FLOOR SAN JUAN PR 00936
Jose E. Novoa-loyola officer: Chief Medical Officer 1441 F.D ROOSEVELT AVE. 6TH FLOOR SAN JUAN PR 00936

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