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LTC Properties (LTC Properties) Graham Number : $28.59 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is LTC Properties 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 (2024-04-26), the stock price of LTC Properties is $32.18. LTC Properties's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $28.59. Therefore, LTC Properties's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.13.

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

LTC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.12   Med: 1.43   Max: 1.58
Current: 1.13

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of LTC Properties was 1.58. The lowest was 1.12. And the median was 1.43.

LTC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
69.11% of 586 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs LTC: 1.13

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


LTC Properties Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for LTC Properties'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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LTC Properties Graham Number Chart

LTC Properties 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 30.03 27.12 23.88 28.66 28.57

LTC Properties 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 28.59 29.95 27.93 28.64 28.59

Competitive Comparison of LTC Properties's Graham Number

For the REIT - Healthcare Facilities subindustry, LTC Properties'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.


LTC Properties's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, LTC Properties's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



LTC Properties Graham Number Calculation

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

LTC Properties'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*20.485*1.771)
=28.57

LTC Properties'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*20.485*1.773)
=28.59

* 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.


LTC Properties  (NYSE:LTC) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=32.18/28.59
=1.13

* 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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LTC Properties (LTC Properties) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2829 Townsgate Road, Suite 350, Westlake Village, CA, USA, 91361
LTC Properties Inc is a healthcare facility real estate investment trust. The company operates one segment that works to invest in healthcare facilities through mortgage loans, property lease transactions, and other investments. LTC generates all of its revenue in the United States. LTC is an active capital provider in the seniors housing and healthcare real estate industry. The company has been actively engaged with its operating partners to create a growing pipeline of projects.
Executives
Boyd W Hendrickson director 22917 PACIFIC COAST HWY, SUITE 350, MALIBU CA 90265
Pamela Shelley-kessler officer: VP & Controller 300 ESPLANADE DR #1860, OXNARD CA 93036
David L Gruber director 2829 TOWNSGATE RD, STE 350, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Wendy Simpson director, officer: CFO & Treasurer 300 ESPLANADE DR #1860, OXNARD CA 93036
Caroline Wong officer: VP, Controller & Treasurer 2829 TOWNSGATE RD, SUITE 350, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Timothy Triche director 2358 NORTH VERMONT AVE, LOS ANGELES CA 90027
Cheng Cornelia director 2829 TOWNSGATE RD, STE 350, STE 350, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
James Pieczynski director PACWEST BANCORP, 9701 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 700, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
Clint B Malin officer: VP & CIO 22917 PACIFIC COAST HWY, SUITE 350, MALIBU CA 90265
Brent P. Chappell officer: SVP, Inv. & Portfolio Mgmt 2829 TOWNSGATE RD #350, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Edmund King director 258 VINEYARD LANE, MESQUITE NV 89027
Thomas Andrew Stokes officer: VP, Marketing/Strat. Planning 31365 OAK CREST DRIVE, SUITE 200, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Peter G Lyew officer: VP, Director of Taxes 31365 OAK CREST DRVE, SUITE 200, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Andre C Dimitriadis director, officer: CEO and President 9955 SE WASHINTON, SUITE 201, PORTLAND OR 97216
Devra G Shapiro director C/O IPC THE HOSPITALIST COMPANY, INC., 4605 LANKERSHIM BLVD SUITE 617, NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA 91602