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Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co (TSE:3877) Graham Number : 円6,297.88 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co 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 (2024-05-17), the stock price of Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co is 円1595.00. Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円6,297.88. Therefore, Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.25.

The historical rank and industry rank for Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:3877' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.2   Med: 0.45   Max: 1.44
Current: 0.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co was 1.44. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.45.

TSE:3877's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
98.38% of 185 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.87 vs TSE:3877: 0.25

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


Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co'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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Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co Graham Number Chart

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,693.96 2,811.24 - 3,685.74 4,684.73

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3,295.05 4,633.54 4,540.79 5,407.71 6,297.88

Competitive Comparison of Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Graham Number

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co'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.


Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*3962.875*246.137)
=4,684.73

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co'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*4196.712*420.046)
=6,297.88

* 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.


Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co  (TSE:3877) 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.

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1595.00/6,297.88
=0.25

* 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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Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co (TSE:3877) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2-10-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 1048124
Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of paper and pulp products. It offers varied products in following categories; paper and pulp manufacturing unit produces newsprint, printing paper, packaging paper, and special paper, paperboard, and pulp products. The Paper-processed Products include paper bags, paper tubes, cardboard boxes, and notebooks. The Power unit deals with the sale of electricity. It is also involved in the forestry, lumbering, and wood processing activities; manufacture, buying, and sale of chemicals; management, leasing, buying, and sale of real estate properties.

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