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Comstock Holding Co (Comstock Holding Co) Graham Number : $8.60 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Comstock Holding 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 (2024-05-07), the stock price of Comstock Holding Co is $7.45. Comstock Holding Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.60. Therefore, Comstock Holding Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.87.

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

CHCI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.51   Med: 0.51   Max: 1.74
Current: 0.87

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Comstock Holding Co was 1.74. The lowest was 0.51. And the median was 0.51.

CHCI's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
53% of 1134 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 0.8 vs CHCI: 0.87

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


Comstock Holding Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Comstock Holding 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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Comstock Holding Co Graham Number Chart

Comstock Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.82 9.44 8.29 8.75

Comstock Holding 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 8.13 7.77 6.66 7.78 8.60

Competitive Comparison of Comstock Holding Co's Graham Number

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Comstock Holding 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.


Comstock Holding Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

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

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



Comstock Holding Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Comstock Holding Co'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*3.838*0.886)
=8.75

Comstock Holding 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*3.838*0.857)
=8.60

* 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.


Comstock Holding Co  (NAS:CHCI) 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.

Comstock Holding Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=7.45/8.60
=0.87

* 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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Comstock Holding Co (Comstock Holding Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 10th Floor, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
Comstock Holding Co Inc is a developer and manager of mixed-use and transit-oriented properties with operations that are majorly focused on the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It provides a broad range of asset management services to customers and partners, composed primarily of private and institutional owners, investors in commercial, residential, and mixed-use real estate, and various governmental bodies seeking to leverage the potential of public-private partnerships.
Executives
David Peter Paul director C/O JBG/OPERATING PARTNERS, 4445 WILLARD AVENUE, SUITE 400, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Thomas Joseph Holly director 1900 RESTON METRO PLAZA, 10TH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
Dwight C Schar 10 percent owner C/O NVR INC, 7601 LEWINSVILLE ROAD SUITE 300, MCLEEAN VA 22102
Ivy Zelman director 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 39TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
James A Maccutcheon director 10770 COLUMBIA PIKE, SILVER SPRING MD 20901
Joseph M Squeri director 11465 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, 4TH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
David M Guernsey director 12414 CLIFTON HUNT DRIVE, CLIFTON VA 20124
Timothy Steffan officer: EVP, Asset Management 1886 METRO CENTER DR, 4TH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
54, L.c. Fr 10 percent owner 1886 METRO CENTER DRIVE, FOURTH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
Comstock Development Services, L.c. 10 percent owner 1886 METRO CENTER DRIVE, FOURTH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
Stonehenge Funding, L.c. 10 percent owner 1886 METRO CENTER DRIVE, FOURTH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
Christopher Michael Guthrie officer: Chief Financial Officer 1886 METRO CENTER DRIVE, 4TH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
Christopher Clemente director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 11465 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, SUITE 510, RESTON VA 20910
Robert P Pincus director
Jubal R Thompson other: Secretary 11465 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, SUITE 400, RESTON VA 20190

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