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ZM (Zoom Communications) Graham Number : $56.41 (As of Apr. 2025)


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What is Zoom Communications 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 (2025-06-25), the stock price of Zoom Communications is $76.45. Zoom Communications's graham number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was $56.41. Therefore, Zoom Communications's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.36.

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

ZM' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.06   Med: 2.34   Max: 37.16
Current: 1.36

During the past 9 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Zoom Communications was 37.16. The lowest was 1.06. And the median was 2.34.

ZM's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
74.81% of 1481 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.42 vs ZM: 1.36

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


Zoom Communications Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zoom Communications'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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Zoom Communications Graham Number Chart

Zoom Communications Annual Data
Trend Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 31.34 46.75 44.91 53.96 59.11

Zoom Communications Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
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 55.79 56.97 58.12 59.05 56.41

Competitive Comparison of Zoom Communications's Graham Number

For the Software - Application subindustry, Zoom Communications'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.


Zoom Communications's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Zoom Communications Graham Number Calculation

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

Zoom Communications's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*28.027*5.54)
=59.11

Zoom Communications's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*28.149*5.025)
=56.41

* 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.


Zoom Communications  (NAS:ZM) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Apr. 2025 )
=76.45/56.41
=1.36

* 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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Zoom Communications Business Description

Address
55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA, USA, 95113
Zoom Video Communications provides a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. The company's cloud-native platform enables face-to-face video and connects users across various devices and locations in a single meeting. Zoom, which was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, California, serves companies of all sizes from all industries around the world.
Executives
Santiago Subotovsky director C/O EMERGENCE CAPITAL PARTNERS, 160 BOVENT ROAD SUITE 300, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Jonathan Chadwick director 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Velchamy Sankarlingam officer: Pres. of Engineering & Product C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Aparna Bawa officer: General Counsel C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Eric S. Yuan director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Shane Crehan officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O EVENTBRITE, INC., 155 5TH STREET, 7TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Janet Napolitano director C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Kelly Steckelberg officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Gregory Tomb officer: President 650 CASTRO ST, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Cindy L Hoots director C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC, 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
William R Mcdermott director 2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Ryan Azus officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Carl M. Eschenbach director, 10 percent owner C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, PALO ALTO CA 94025
Janine Pelosi officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Kimberly Hammonds director 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601