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Worthington Enterprises (Worthington Enterprises) Graham Number

: $31.19 (As of Feb. 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 (2024-04-17), the stock price of Worthington Enterprises is $58.11. Worthington Enterprises's graham number for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $31.19. Therefore, Worthington Enterprises's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.86.

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

WOR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36   Med: 1.05   Max: 1.99
Current: 1.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Worthington Enterprises was 1.99. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 1.05.

WOR's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
62.52% of 2209 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.48 vs WOR: 1.86

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


Worthington Enterprises Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Worthington Enterprises'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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Worthington Enterprises Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.69 18.73 71.51 51.22 49.75

Worthington Enterprises Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 39.40 47.72 53.17 55.21 31.19

Competitive Comparison

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Worthington Enterprises'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.


Worthington Enterprises Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Worthington Enterprises's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Worthington Enterprises Graham Number Calculation

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

Worthington Enterprises's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*19.872*5.535)
=49.75

Worthington Enterprises's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*6.776*6.38)
=31.19

* 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.


Worthington Enterprises  (NYSE:WOR) 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.

Worthington Enterprises's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=58.11/31.19
=1.86

* 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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Worthington Enterprises (Worthington Enterprises) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Old Wilson Bridge Road, Columbus, OH, USA, 43085
Worthington Enterprises Inc formerly Worthington Industries Inc is a diversified metals manufacturing company, focused on value-added steel processing and manufactured metal products. Its manufactured metal products include pressure cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, oxygen, refrigerant, and other industrial gas storage; cylinders; helium-filled balloon kits; steel and fiberglass tanks and processing equipment primarily for the oil and gas industry; cryogenic pressure vessels for liquefied natural gas and other gas storage applications; light gauge steel framing for commercial and residential construction; and several other products. The firm's operating segments are Steel Processing, Consumer Products, Building Products and Sustainable Energy Solutions.
Executives
Kerrii B Anderson director WENDY'S INTERNATIONAL, INC, 4288 WEST DUBLIN-GRANVILLE RD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Horton Ozey K Jr director 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Geoffrey G Gilmore officer: President, Worthington Steel 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Eric M Smolenski officer: VP-HUMAN RESOURCES 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Catherine M Lyttle officer: Vice President-Communications 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Jeffrey R Klingler officer: President, Worthington Steel 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Mcconnell John P/oh director, officer: Chairman/Chief Exec Officer 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
B Andrew Rose officer: CFO 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Mcconnell John H Ii director 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Patrick J. Kennedy officer: VP-General Counsel & Secy 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
David P Blom director 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Sidney A Ribeau director
Steven R Witt officer: Controller WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC, 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Steven M Caravati officer: President-Worthington Cylinder WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
John B Blystone director 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, N/A, COLUMBUS OH 43085