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Haivision Systems (TSX:HAI) Graham Number : C$1.57 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Haivision Systems 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 (2024-05-21), the stock price of Haivision Systems is C$4.77. Haivision Systems's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$1.57. Therefore, Haivision Systems's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.04.

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

TSX:HAI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.87   Med: 4.53   Max: 6.75
Current: 3.04

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Haivision Systems was 6.75. The lowest was 2.87. And the median was 4.53.

TSX:HAI's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
62.72% of 1360 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.245 vs TSX:HAI: 3.04

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


Haivision Systems Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Haivision Systems'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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Haivision Systems Graham Number Chart

Haivision Systems Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.97 1.59 - - -

Haivision Systems Quarterly Data
Oct18 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 - - - 0.53 1.57

Competitive Comparison of Haivision Systems's Graham Number

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Haivision Systems'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.


Haivision Systems's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Haivision Systems's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Haivision Systems Graham Number Calculation

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

Haivision Systems'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*1.047*-0.008)
=N/A

Haivision Systems's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1.075*0.102)
=1.57

* 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.


Haivision Systems  (TSX:HAI) 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.

Haivision Systems's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=4.77/1.57
=3.04

* 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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Haivision Systems (TSX:HAI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2600 Boulevard Alfred Nobel, 5th Floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H4S 0A9
Haivision Systems Inc is a provider of infrastructure solutions for the video streaming market, servicing enterprises and governments globally. The organizations use company solutions to communicate, collaborate and educate customers and stakeholders. It delivers high quality, low latency, secure and reliable video through the entire IP video lifecycle, using a broad range of software, hardware, and services. Its geographical segments are Canada, International, and the United States, of which the majority of its revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Miroslav Wicha 10% Security Holder, Director, Senior Officer

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