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SCI Engineered Materials (SCI Engineered Materials) Graham Number : $5.25 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SCI Engineered Materials 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 SCI Engineered Materials is $5.158. SCI Engineered Materials's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.25. Therefore, SCI Engineered Materials's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.98.

The historical rank and industry rank for SCI Engineered Materials's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

SCIA' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.52   Med: 1   Max: 2.45
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of SCI Engineered Materials was 2.45. The lowest was 0.52. And the median was 1.00.

SCIA's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
83.93% of 641 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.07 vs SCIA: 0.98

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


SCI Engineered Materials Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for SCI Engineered Materials'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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SCI Engineered Materials Graham Number Chart

SCI Engineered Materials 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 1.03 2.89 3.24 4.33 5.12

SCI Engineered Materials Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 4.67 4.58 4.88 5.12 5.25

Competitive Comparison of SCI Engineered Materials's Graham Number

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, SCI Engineered Materials'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.


SCI Engineered Materials's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, SCI Engineered Materials's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SCI Engineered Materials's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



SCI Engineered Materials Graham Number Calculation

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

SCI Engineered Materials'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*2.424*0.48)
=5.12

SCI Engineered Materials's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.549*0.48)
=5.25

* 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.


SCI Engineered Materials  (OTCPK:SCIA) 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.

SCI Engineered Materials's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=5.158/5.25
=0.98

* 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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SCI Engineered Materials (SCI Engineered Materials) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2839 Charter Street, Columbus, OH, USA, 43228
SCI Engineered Materials Inc is a supplier and manufacturer of advanced materials for physical vapor deposition (PVD) thin-film applications. The company is focused on markets within the PVD industry including Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Glass, Optical Coatings, and Solar. The Company develops innovative customized solutions enabling commercial success through collaboration with end users and Original Equipment Manufacturers. Its products consist of Sputtering targets, Evaporation materials, Ceramic powders, and Substrates. Additionally, it offers various services such as advanced ceramic powders, vacuum hot pressing, machining, bonding, and many more.
Executives
Laura F Shunk 10 percent owner 8300 MULBERRY ROAD, P.O. BOX 490, CHESTERLAND OH 44026
Edward W Ungar director 1145 CHESAPEAKE AVE, COLUMBUS OH 43212
Jeremiah Ray Young officer: PRESIDENT 893 THAYER DRIVE, GAHANNA OH 43230
Emily Lu director 3720 CANTERBURY CT, BOCA RATON FL 33434
John P Gilliam director 862 MOON GLOW CT, GAHANNA OH 43230
Wickersham Charles Edward Jr director 517 ARDEN RD, COLUMBUS OH 43214
Daniel Rooney director, officer: President and CEO 1145 CHESAPEAKE AVE, COLUMBUS OH 43212
Investments Sa Windcom 10 percent owner
Daniel A Funk 10 percent owner PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR, 41 SOUTH HIGH STREET, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Michael K Barna officer: VP Sales - Photonics 1145 CHESAPEAKE AVE., COLUMBUS OH 43212
Robert H Peitz director 217 LLOYD ROAD, ABERDEEN NJ 07747
Walter J Doyle director 1970 JEWETT ROAD, POWELL OH 43065
Baker Robert J Jr director 1145 CHESAPEAKE AVE, COLUMBUS OH 43212
Curtis A Loveland 10 percent owner, officer: Secretary PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, 41 SOUTH HIGH STREET, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Scott S Campbell officer: Technical Director 1145 CHESAPEAKE AVENUE, COLUMBUS OH 43212