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Cimarex Energy Co (Cimarex Energy Co) Graham Number : $33.83 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Cimarex Energy Co 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 Cimarex Energy Co is $87.20. Cimarex Energy Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $33.83. Therefore, Cimarex Energy Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.58.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Cimarex Energy Co was 2.87. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 1.07.

XEC's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.845
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

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


Cimarex Energy Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cimarex Energy 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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Cimarex Energy Co Graham Number Chart

Cimarex Energy Co Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 48.82 72.78 - -

Cimarex Energy Co Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21
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 - - - - 33.83

Competitive Comparison of Cimarex Energy Co's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Cimarex Energy 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.


Cimarex Energy Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Cimarex Energy Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cimarex Energy Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Cimarex Energy Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Cimarex Energy Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*15.102*-19.73)
=N/A

Cimarex Energy Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*19.564*2.6)
=33.83

* 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.


Cimarex Energy Co  (NYSE:XEC) 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.

Cimarex Energy Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=87.20/33.83
=2.58

* 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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Cimarex Energy Co (Cimarex Energy Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3700, Denver, CO, USA, 80203
Denver-based Cimarex Energy is an independent exploration and production company with operations throughout the Southern and Central United States, where its focus includes the Permian Basin, Woodford Shale, and Meramec horizon. The firm was created in 2002 when it spun off from Helmerich & Payne and then merged with Key Production. At year-end 2018, Cimarex's proved reserves were 591 million barrels of oil equivalent, with net production of 221 thousand boe per day. Natural gas represented 42% of production and 45% of reserves.
Executives
John Lambuth officer: SVP-Exploration C/O CIMAREX ENERGY CO 1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 1800 DENVER CO 80203
Joseph R Albi director, other: Former Executive VP, COO C/O CIIRMAREX ENERGY CO 707 17TH ST. #3300 DENVER CO 80202-3404
G Mark Burford officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 1700 LINCOLN STREET SUITE 3700 DENVER CO 80203
Stephen P Bell officer: Ex VP C/O CIIRMAREX ENERGY CO, 707 17TH ST. #3300, DENVER CO 80202-3404
Blake A Sirgo officer: VP-Operations 1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 3700, DENVER CO 80203
Logan Harold R Jr director
Francis Brian Barron officer: Sr VP-General Counsel 1099 18TH STREET, SUITE 2300, DENVER CO 80202
Monroe W Robertson director C/O CIMAREX ENERGY CO. 1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 1800 DENVER CO 80203
David A Hentschel director C/O CIIRMAREX ENERGY CO 707 17TH ST. #3300 DENVER CO 80202-3404
Sullivan Michael J/co director C/O CIIRMAREX ENERGY CO, 707 17TH ST. #3300, DENVER CO 80202-3404
Thomas F Mccoy officer: SVP-Production 1700 LINCOLN STREET SUITE 3700 DENVER CO 80203
Kathleen A Hogenson director C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Paul Eckley director 1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 3700, DENVER CO 80203
Frances M Vallejo director 1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 3700, DENVER CO 80203
Hans Helmerich director C/O CIIRMAREX ENERGY CO, 707 17TH ST. #3300, DENVER CO 80202-3404