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Tidewater (Tidewater) Graham Number

: $27.93 (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 Tidewater is $88.78. Tidewater's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.93. Therefore, Tidewater's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.18.

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

TDW' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.57   Med: 2.57   Max: 3.22
Current: 3.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Tidewater was 3.22. The lowest was 2.57. And the median was 2.57.

TDW's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
92.87% of 645 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.85 vs TDW: 3.18

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


Tidewater Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tidewater'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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Tidewater Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 28.05

Tidewater 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 - 9.12 19.45 23.82 27.93

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Tidewater'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.


Tidewater Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

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



Tidewater Graham Number Calculation

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

Tidewater'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*19.886*1.759)
=28.05

Tidewater'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*19.886*1.743)
=27.93

* 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.


Tidewater  (NYSE:TDW) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=88.78/27.93
=3.18

* 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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Tidewater (Tidewater) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
842 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 400, Houston, TX, USA, 77024
Tidewater Inc provides offshore service vessels and marine support services to the global offshore energy industry through the operation of a diversified fleet of marine service vessels. The company's vessels and associated vessel services provide support for all phases of offshore exploration, field development, and production. These services include towing of, and anchor handling for, mobile offshore drilling units; transporting supplies and remotely operated vehicle operations and a variety of specialized services. The company operates in the following principal geographical areas the Americas, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe/Mediterranean, and West Africa. The majority of its revenue is derived from West Africa.
Executives
Robert Robotti director 125 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 1607, NEW YORK NY 10017
David E Darling officer: EVP, COO & Chief HR Officer 6002 ROGERDALE ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77072
Samuel R Rubio officer: EVP, CFO & CAO 10111 RICHMOND AVE., STE. 340, HOUSTON TX 77042
Louis Raspino director 1330 POST OAK BLVD, STE 2700, HOUSTON TX 77056
Lois K Zabrocky director 666 THIRD AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Melissa Cougle director 777 POST OAK BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOUSTON TX 77056
Darron M. Anderson director 10350 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 550, HOUSTON TX 77042
Quintin Kneen director, officer: Director, President & CEO 400 N. SAM HOUSTON PKWY E. #900, HOUSTON TX 77060
Daniel A. Hudson officer: EVP & General Counsel 6002 ROGERDALE ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77072
Kenneth H Traub director
Larry T Rigdon director 914 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1805, HOUSTON TX 77002
Robert P. Tamburrino director C/O TIDEWATER INC., 6002 ROGERDALE ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77072
John T Rynd director, officer: President and CEO 11 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 2950, HOUSTON TX 77046
Randee E Day director 217 DEBRA LANE, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Dick Fagerstal director C/O SEACOR HOLDINGS INC., 460 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022

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