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Varonis Systems (Varonis Systems) Graham Number : $1.86 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Varonis Systems 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 (2024-05-12), the stock price of Varonis Systems is $44.51. Varonis Systems's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.86. Therefore, Varonis Systems's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 23.95.

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

VRNS' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 23.93   Med: 25.36   Max: 25.36
Current: 23.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Varonis Systems was 25.36. The lowest was 23.93. And the median was 25.36.

VRNS's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
98.52% of 1353 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs VRNS: 23.93

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


Varonis Systems Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Varonis Systems'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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Varonis Systems Graham Number Chart

Varonis Systems Annual Data
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Varonis Systems Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Varonis Systems's Graham Number

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Varonis Systems'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.


Varonis Systems's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Varonis Systems's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Varonis Systems Graham Number Calculation

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

Varonis Systems'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*4.264*-0.927)
=N/A

Varonis Systems's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*3.838*0.04)
=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.


Varonis Systems  (NAS:VRNS) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=44.51/1.86
=23.95

* 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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Varonis Systems (Varonis Systems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1250 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Varonis Systems is a cybersecurity vendor focused on data privacy and security. The firm is currently undergoing a cloud transition as it weans its on-premises customers over to its cloud products that are delivered as software-as-a-service. The New York-based firm was founded in 2004 and went public in 2014.
Executives
James O'boyle officer: SVP of Worldwide Sales C/O VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC., 1250 BROADWAY, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
David Bass officer: EVP Engineering & CTO 1250 BROADWAY 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Avrohom J. Kess director 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Yakov Faitelson director, officer: CEO, President, Chairman C/O VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC., 1250 BROADWAY, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Ofer Segev director NESS TOWER, ATIDIM HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIAL, PARK, BUILDING 4, TEL AVIV L3 61580
Guy Melamed officer: Chief Financial Officer 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Dov Gottlieb officer: VP and General Counsel 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Van Den Bosch Fred director 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Carlos Aued director 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Gilad Raz officer: CIO & VP of Technical Services 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kevin E Comolli director, 10 percent owner C/O ACCEL, 500 UNIVERSITY AVE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Thomas F Mendoza director 495 E. JAVA DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Rachel Prishkolnik director 1 HAMADA STREET, HERZILIYA PITUACH L3 4673335
Gili Iohan officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC., 1250 BROADWAY, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Rona Segev-gal director C/O PITANGO VENTURE CAPITAL FUND IV L.P., 540 COWPER ST., SUITE 200, PALO ALTO CA 94301