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LCI Industries (LCI Industries) Graham Number

: $26.68 (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 LCI Industries is $104.19. LCI Industries's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $26.68. Therefore, LCI Industries's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.90.

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

LCII' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.41   Med: 2.76   Max: 9.58
Current: 3.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of LCI Industries was 9.58. The lowest was 1.41. And the median was 2.76.

LCII's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
90.93% of 959 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 1.14 vs LCII: 3.91

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


LCI Industries Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for LCI Industries'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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LCI Industries 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 23.82 13.54 17.31 65.55 26.63

LCI Industries 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 65.57 46.55 30.20 23.84 26.68

Competitive Comparison

For the Recreational Vehicles subindustry, LCI Industries'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.


LCI Industries Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, LCI Industries's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



LCI Industries Graham Number Calculation

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

LCI Industries'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*12.506*2.52)
=26.63

LCI Industries'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*12.506*2.53)
=26.68

* 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.


LCI Industries  (NYSE:LCII) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=104.19/26.68
=3.90

* 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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LCI Industries (LCI Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3501 County Road 6 East, Elkhart, IN, USA, 46514
LCI Industries Inc supplies domestically and internationally components for the original equipment manufacturers of recreational vehicles and adjacent industries including buses; trailers used to haul boats, livestock, equipment and other cargo. It has two reportable segments the original equipment manufacturers segment and the aftermarket segment. The OEM Segment manufactures or distributes components for the OEMs of RVs and adjacent industries, including buses; trailers used to haul boats, livestock, equipment and other cargo; trucks; pontoon boats; trains; manufactured homes; and modular housing. Its products are sold primarily to major manufacturers of RVs such as Thor Industries, Forest River, Winnebago and other RV OEMs, and to manufacturers in adjacent industries.
Executives
Brendan Deely director USG CORPORATION, 125 SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60606
Linda Kristine Myers director 3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD, P.O. BOX 2028, BUFFALO NY 14219
Stephanie K. Mains director C/O GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC, 1144 FIFTEENTH STREET, SUITE 1400, DENVER CO 80202
Lillian Etzkorn officer: EVP & CFO 1570 FOREST LANE, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48301
Eileen S Pruitt officer: Deputy CHRO C/O LCI INDUSTRIES, 3501 COUNTRY ROAD 6 EAST, ELKHART IN 46514
Nick C Fletcher officer: CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER 3305 HIDDEN SPRINGS LANE, PROSPECT KY 40059
James Gero director C/O ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL, 3451 PLANO PARKWAY, LEWISVILLE TX 75056
Kieran M O'sullivan director 2375 CABOT DRIVE, LISLE IL 60532
Jamie Schnur officer: Chief Administrative Officer C/O LIPPERT COMPONENTS, 2703 COLLEGE AVENUE, GOSHEN IN 46526
Jason Lippert director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC, 2375 TAMIAMI TRAIL NORTH STE 11, NAPLES FL 34103
Ryan Richard Smith officer: Group President - N.A. C/O LCI INDUSTRIES, 3501 COUNTY ROAD 6 EAST, ELKHART IN 46514
David A Reed director TEXAS INDUSTRIES INC, 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LN, DALLAS TX 75247
Ronald Fenech director 419 WEST PIKE STREET, JACKSON CENTER OH 45334
John A. Sirpilla director C/O LCI INDUSTRIES, 3501, ELKHART IN 46514
Scott T Mereness officer: President C/O LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC., 2766 COLLEGE AVENUE, GOSHEN IN 46528