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Montauk Renewables (Montauk Renewables) Graham Number : $2.06 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Montauk Renewables 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 (2024-05-05), the stock price of Montauk Renewables is $3.98. Montauk Renewables's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.06. Therefore, Montauk Renewables's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.93.

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

MNTK' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.93   Med: 3.98   Max: 4.33
Current: 1.93

During the past 6 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Montauk Renewables was 4.33. The lowest was 1.93. And the median was 3.98.

MNTK's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
84.52% of 407 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.16 vs MNTK: 1.93

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


Montauk Renewables Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Montauk Renewables'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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Montauk Renewables Graham Number Chart

Montauk Renewables Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.16 0.57 - 3.05 2.06

Montauk Renewables Quarterly Data
Dec18 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 2.99 2.89 2.12 2.17 2.06

Competitive Comparison of Montauk Renewables's Graham Number

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Montauk Renewables'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.


Montauk Renewables's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Montauk Renewables's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Montauk Renewables Graham Number Calculation

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

Montauk Renewables'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*1.633*0.116)
=2.06

Montauk Renewables'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*1.633*0.116)
=2.06

* 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.


Montauk Renewables  (NAS:MNTK) 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.

Montauk Renewables's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=3.98/2.06
=1.93

* 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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Montauk Renewables (Montauk Renewables) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5313 Campbells Run Road, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15205
Montauk Renewables Inc is a United States-based renewable energy company. It specializes in the recovery and processing of biogas from landfills and other non-fossil fuel sources for beneficial use as a replacement for fossil fuels. The firm develops, owns, and operates RNG projects that supply renewable fuel into the transportation and electrical power sectors. Montauk operates in three segments: Renewable Natural Gas, Renewable Electricity Generation and Corporate. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Renewable Natural Gas segment.
Executives
Michael Barsch officer: See Remarks 5313 CAMPBELLS RUN ROAD, SUITE 200, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
Sean F Mcclain director, officer: President and CEO C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 5313 CAMPBELLS RUN ROAD, SUITE 200, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
Scott E Hill officer: VP of Business Development C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN DR. FOSTER PL 10 FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
Jennifer E Cunningham director C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN PL 10, FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
Sharon R Frank officer: VP Environ. Health & Safety C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 5313 CAMPBELLS RUN ROAD, SUITE 200, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
Yunis Shaik director C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN PL 10, FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
John Ciroli officer: VP, GC and Secretary C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 5313 CAMPBELLS RUN ROAD, SUITE 200, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
John A Copelyn director C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN DR., FOSTER PL 10, FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
Van Asdalan Kevin A officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 5313 CAMPBELLS RUN ROAD, SUITE 200, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
James A Shaw officer: Vice President of Operations C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 5313 CAMPBELLS RUN ROAD, SUITE 200, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
Bruce S Raynor director C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN DR., FOSTER PL 10 FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
Mohamed H Ahmed director C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN DR., FOSTER PL 10, FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
Michael Alon Jacobson director C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN DR., FOSTER PL 10, FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
Montauk Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner 5TH FLOOR STERLING STREET, ZONNEBLOEM, CAPE TOWN T3 7925
Govender Theventheran (kevin) G director C/O MONTAUK RENEWABLES, INC., 680 ANDERSEN DR. FOSTER PL 10 FL 5, PITTSBURGH PA 15220