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Park Aerospace (Park Aerospace) Graham Number

: $6.48 (As of Nov. 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 (2024-04-16), the stock price of Park Aerospace is $15.11. Park Aerospace's graham number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $6.48. Therefore, Park Aerospace's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.33.

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

PKE' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.08   Med: 1.76   Max: 2.57
Current: 2.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Park Aerospace was 2.57. The lowest was 1.08. And the median was 1.76.

PKE's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
50.53% of 190 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.32 vs PKE: 2.33

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


Park Aerospace Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Park Aerospace'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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Park Aerospace Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.75 8.50 6.52 7.62 7.79

Park Aerospace Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 7.29 6.75 6.99 6.93 6.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Park Aerospace'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.


Park Aerospace Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Park Aerospace's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Park Aerospace Graham Number Calculation

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

Park Aerospace's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*5.185*0.52)
=7.79

Park Aerospace's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*5.047*0.37)
=6.48

* 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.


Park Aerospace  (NYSE:PKE) 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.

Park Aerospace's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=15.11/6.48
=2.33

* 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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Park Aerospace (Park Aerospace) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1400 Old Country Road, Suite 409N, Westbury, New York, NY, USA, 11590
Park Aerospace Corp designs develop and manufactures engineered, Advanced composite materials and composite structures and assemblies and low-volume tooling for the aerospace markets and prototype tooling for such structures and assemblies. It only operating business segments is Aerospace. Geographically, the company derives a majority of revenue from North America and also has a presence in a company operates its business in Asia and Europe. It offers Advanced Composite Prepregs for Aircraft Structures and Interiors, Sigma Strut and Alpha Strut.
Executives
Shane Connor director 10510 SPRINGBORO PIKE, MIAMISBURG OH 45342
Nickel Cory officer: Sr VP and General Manager 816 N. BLAINE ST., NEWTON KS 67114
Dale Blanchfield director 128 HAWTHORNE ROAD, HOPKINS MN 55343
D. Bradley Thress director 250 WEST SPRING STREET, UNIT 615, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Brian E Shore director, officer: President and CEO
Emily J Groehl officer: Sr. VP, Sales and Marketing
Mark A Esquivel officer: Vice President - Aerospace 48 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747
Yvonne Julian director 225 HIDDEN HILLS DRIVE, GREENVILLE SC 29605
Steven T Warshaw director
Stephen E Gilhuley officer: Senior Vice President, Secreta
P. Matthew Farabaugh officer: Vice President and Controller PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP., 48 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 300, MELVILLE X1 11747
Benjamin Wykoff Shore officer: Senior Vice President 31 HARBOR PARK DRIVE, CENTERPORT NY 11721
Robert J Yaniro officer: VP and Corporate Controller 48 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747
Carl William Smith director 10044 E. NACOMA CT., SUN LAKE AZ 85248
Christopher T. Mastrogiacomo officer: V P of Strategic Marketing 48 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 300, MELVILLE NY 11747