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New York Times Co (New York Times Co) Graham Number

: $15.45 (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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of New York Times Co is $41.77. New York Times Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15.45. Therefore, New York Times Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.70.

The historical rank and industry rank for New York Times Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

NYT' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.59   Med: 2.42   Max: 4.22
Current: 2.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of New York Times Co was 4.22. The lowest was 1.59. And the median was 2.42.

NYT's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
77.29% of 480 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.35 vs NYT: 2.70

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


New York Times Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for New York Times Co'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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New York Times Co 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 11.35 12.27 15.26 12.52 15.40

New York Times Co 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 12.52 12.29 13.04 14.08 15.45

Competitive Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, New York Times Co'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.


New York Times Co Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, New York Times Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where New York Times Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



New York Times Co Graham Number Calculation

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

New York Times Co'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*6.467*1.63)
=15.40

New York Times Co'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*6.467*1.64)
=15.45

* 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.


New York Times Co  (NYSE:NYT) 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.

New York Times Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=41.77/15.45
=2.70

* 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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New York Times Co (New York Times Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10018
New York Times Co is an American media company known for publishing its flagship newspaper, The New York Times. The company also operates the International New York Times newspaper, as well as digital properties such as nytimes and various smartphone applications. Circulation of The New York Times is the source of revenue for the company, followed by print and digital advertising and its paid digital-only subscription to The New York Times. The company has a daily print circulation of over 3,00,000 and 7,40,000 on Sundays. The source of growth for The New York Times is its digital subscription service, which has over 1,000,000 paid users.
Executives
Arthur G. Sulzberger director, officer: Publisher, The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 8TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Diane Brayton officer: EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL & SEC THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
R Anthony Benten officer: SVP, Treasurer & Controller C/O THE NEW YORK TIMES CO, 229 WEST 43RD ST, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kopit Levien Meredith A. officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
William Bardeen officer: Chief Financial Officer 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Roland A. Caputo officer: Interim CFO and EVP THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
David S. Perpich director THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Manuel Bronstein director 970 PARK PLACE, SUITE 100, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Beth A. Brooke director C/O EHEALTH, INC., 2625 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SECOND FLOOR, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Jacqueline M Welch officer: EVP and CHRO THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Arthur S. Golden director THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Mark Thompson director, officer: PRESIDENT & CEO THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Arthur Jr Sulzberger director, officer: Chairman and Publisher THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Doreen A Toben director 140 WEST STREET, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Robert E Denham director MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP, 355 S. GRAND AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071