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Prologis (Prologis) Graham Number

: $57.26 (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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of Prologis is $103.35. Prologis's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $57.26. Therefore, Prologis's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.80.

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

PLD' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.79   Med: 2.32   Max: 3.77
Current: 1.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Prologis was 3.77. The lowest was 1.79. And the median was 2.32.

PLD's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
87.39% of 587 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs PLD: 1.80

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


Prologis Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prologis'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.

* Premium members only.

Prologis 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 31.99 38.56 44.65 57.16 57.27

Prologis 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 57.34 57.73 64.02 58.43 57.26

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, Prologis'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.


Prologis Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Prologis's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Prologis Graham Number Calculation

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

Prologis'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*56.369*2.586)
=57.27

Prologis'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*56.369*2.585)
=57.26

* 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.


Prologis  (NYSE:PLD) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=103.35/57.26
=1.80

* 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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Prologis (Prologis) Business Description

Address
Pier 1, Bay 1, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94111
Prologis was formed by the June 2011 merger of AMB Property and Prologis Trust. The company develops, acquires, and operates around 1.2 billion square feet of high-quality industrial and logistics facilities across the globe. The company also has a strategic capital business segment that has around $60 billion of third-party AUM. The company is organized into four global divisions (Americas, Europe, Asia, and other Americas) and operates as a real estate investment trust.
Executives
James B. Connor director 600 E 96TH ST, #100, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46240
George L Fotiades director 281 SUMMIT AVENUE, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Daniel Letter officer: President PIER 1, BAY 1, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
David P Oconnor director C/O HIGH RISE, 325 NORTH AVENUE E, WESTFIELD NJ 07090
Avid Modjtabai director 420 MONTGOMERY STREET, 12TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Lyons Irving F Iii director C/O ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC., 925 E. MEADOW DRIVE, PALO ALTO CA 94303
Timothy D Arndt officer: Chief Financial Officer PIER 1, BAY 1, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
William D Zollars director 10777 BARKLEY, PO BOX 7563, OVERLAND PARK KS 66207-0563
Hamid R Moghadam director, officer: Chairman & CEO PIER 1, BAY 1, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Lydia H Kennard director 155 N LAKE AVE, PASADENA CA 91101
Jeffrey L Skelton director
Eugene F Reilly officer: Executive Vice President C/O AMB PROPERTY CORP, PIER I BAY 1, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Thomas S Olinger officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION, PIER 1, BAY 1, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Philip L Hawkins director C/O CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, 6711 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE, #300, COLUMBIA MD 21046
Edward S Nekritz officer: Chief Legal Off./Gen. Counsel KATE MEADE, 14100 E 35TH PL, AURORA CO 80011

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