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Kitwave Group (LSE:KITW) Graham Number : £1.32 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is Kitwave Group 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 (2024-05-20), the stock price of Kitwave Group is £3.78. Kitwave Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was £1.32. Therefore, Kitwave Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.87.

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

LSE:KITW' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.22   Med: 1.68   Max: 2.86
Current: 2.86

During the past 5 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Kitwave Group was 2.86. The lowest was 1.22. And the median was 1.68.

LSE:KITW's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
79.15% of 235 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.25 vs LSE:KITW: 2.86

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


Kitwave Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kitwave Group'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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Kitwave Group Graham Number Chart

Kitwave Group Annual Data
Trend Apr18 Apr19 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Graham Number
- - 0.88 1.38 1.32

Kitwave Group Semi-Annual Data
Apr18 Apr19 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 0.73 1.32 0.84 1.32

Competitive Comparison of Kitwave Group's Graham Number

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Kitwave Group'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.


Kitwave Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Kitwave Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kitwave Group Graham Number Calculation

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

Kitwave Group's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*0.298*0.258)
=1.32

Kitwave Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*0.298*0.258)
=1.32

* 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.


Kitwave Group  (LSE:KITW) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Oct. 2023 )
=3.78/1.32
=2.87

* 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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Kitwave Group (LSE:KITW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Narvik Way, Unit S3, Tyne Tunnel Estate, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, GBR, NE29 7XJ
Kitwave Group PLC is an independent, delivered wholesale business that supports delivery throughout the UK, specializing in selling impulse products such as confectionery, soft drinks, snacks, ice cream, frozen and chilled foods, alcohol, groceries, and tobacco. The company's reportable segments include Ambient, Frozen and chilled, and Foodservice.

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