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Enel SpA (Enel SpA) Graham Number

: $1.71 (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 (2024-04-18), the stock price of Enel SpA is $6.18. Enel SpA's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.71. Therefore, Enel SpA's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.62.

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

ENLAY' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.22   Med: 2.34   Max: 4.43
Current: 3.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Enel SpA was 4.43. The lowest was 1.22. And the median was 2.34.

ENLAY's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
95.85% of 410 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.125 vs ENLAY: 3.75

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


Enel SpA Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Enel SpA'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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Enel SpA 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 - - - 4.36 1.66

Enel SpA 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 4.39 7.17 1.66 5.91 1.71

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Enel SpA'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.


Enel SpA Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Enel SpA's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Enel SpA Graham Number Calculation

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

Enel SpA'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*0.178*0.686)
=1.66

Enel SpA'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*0.178*0.729)
=1.71

* 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.


Enel SpA  (OTCPK:ENLAY) 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.

Enel SpA's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=6.18/1.71
=3.62

* 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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Enel SpA (Enel SpA) Business Description

Address
Viale Regina Margherita, 137, Rome, ITA, 00198
Enel is a diversified energy company domiciled in Italy. Operations are concentrated in Italy, Spain, and Latin America. The firm's primary activities are electric generation, electric networks, and gas and electricity marketing. Around 50% of the company's EBITDA is derived from its regulated networks. Taking into account power sold through power purchase agreements in Latin America, around 70% of EBITDA is quasi-regulated. Enel is a giant in global power generation with 86 gigawatts of capacity, of which 39 GW is renewables, including a large share of hydro.

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