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REV Group (REV Group) Graham Number

: $10.05 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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 (2024-04-23), the stock price of REV Group is $21.58. REV Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $10.05. Therefore, REV Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.15.

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

REVG' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38   Med: 2.12   Max: 10.26
Current: 2.15

During the past 11 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of REV Group was 10.26. The lowest was 1.38. And the median was 2.12.

REVG's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
82.58% of 155 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 1.11 vs REVG: 2.15

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


REV Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for REV Group'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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REV Group Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 8.08 5.02 10.76

REV Group Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 3.87 5.77 6.40 8.27 10.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, REV Group'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.


REV Group Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, REV Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



REV Group Graham Number Calculation

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

REV Group's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*3.781*1.36)
=10.76

REV Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*4.323*1.039)
=10.05

* 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.


REV Group  (NYSE:REVG) 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.

REV Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=21.58/10.05
=2.15

* 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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REV Group (REV Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
245 South Executive Drive, Suite 100, Brookfield, WI, USA, 53005
REV Group Inc is a United States-based designer, manufacturer, and distributor of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services. It provides customized vehicle solutions for applications including essential needs, industrial and commercial, and consumer leisure. The operating segments of the company are Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. The products of the company are sold to municipalities, government agencies, private contractors, consumers, and industrial and commercial end-users. It derives a majority of the revenue from the Fire and Emergency segment which includes manufacturing of fire apparatus and ambulance products. The company operates in the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world.
Executives
Stephen Zamansky officer: SVP, Gen Counsel & Sec
Maureen Oconnell director
Joseph Ladue officer: Chief Accounting Officer 245 SOUTH EXECUTIVE DR, SUITE 100, BROOKFIELD WI 53005
Paul J Bamatter director C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Joel M. Rotroff director C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Dino M Cusumano director C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Justin Fish director C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Skonieczny Jr. Mark A officer: Chief Financial Officer 833 E MICHIGAN STREET, SUITE 1100, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Christopher M Daniels officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 111 E. KILBOURN AVE., SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Rodney M Rushing director, officer: CEO and President 5757 N GREEN BAY AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53209
Stephen W. Boettinger officer: General Counsel C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 E KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Randall Swift director 450 LEXINGTON AVE, 40TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Dean J Nolden officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Timothy W Sullivan director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
John Canan director C/O REV GROUP, INC., 111 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, SUITE 2600, MILWAUKEE WI 53202