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Northern Star Investment III (Northern Star Investment III) Graham Number : $2.54 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Northern Star Investment III 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 (2024-05-13), the stock price of Northern Star Investment III is $0.0785. Northern Star Investment III's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $2.54. Therefore, Northern Star Investment III's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.03.

The historical rank and industry rank for Northern Star Investment III's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

NSTC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 3.96   Max: 4.14
Current: 0.03

During the past 1 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Northern Star Investment III was 4.14. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 3.96.

NSTC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
99.54% of 218 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: 1.99 vs NSTC: 0.03

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


Northern Star Investment III Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northern Star Investment III'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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Northern Star Investment III Graham Number Chart

Northern Star Investment III Annual Data
Trend Sep22
Graham Number
2.50

Northern Star Investment III Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 2.57 3.86 2.44 2.54

Competitive Comparison of Northern Star Investment III's Graham Number

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Northern Star Investment III'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.


Northern Star Investment III's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Northern Star Investment III's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Northern Star Investment III's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Northern Star Investment III Graham Number Calculation

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

Northern Star Investment III's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*7.744*0.036)
=2.50

Northern Star Investment III's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1.679*0.171)
=2.54

* 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.


Northern Star Investment III  (OTCPK:NSTC) 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.

Northern Star Investment III's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=0.0785/2.54
=0.03

* 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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Northern Star Investment III (Northern Star Investment III) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
c/o Graubard Miller, 405 Lexington Avenue, The Chrysler Building, 44th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10174
Northern Star Investment Corp III is a blank check company.
Executives
Jonathan J Ledecky director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, COO C/O THE LEDECKY FOUNDATION, 901 - 15TH STREET, NW, SUITE 950, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Joanna Coles director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SNAP INC., 3000 31ST STREET, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Northern Star Iii Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner C/O GRAUBARD MILLER, 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10174
Dasha Smith director C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Justine Cheng director 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
James Hr Brady officer: Chief Financial Officer 1850 CENTENNIAL PARK DRIVE, SUITE 200, RESTON VA 20191
James Vincent director C/O NORTHERN STAR INVESTMENT CORP. III, C/O GRAUBARD MILLER, 405 LEXINGTON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10174

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