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Bristow Group (Bristow Group) Graham Number : $8.09 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Bristow 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 (2024-05-05), the stock price of Bristow Group is $27.70. Bristow Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.09. Therefore, Bristow Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.42.

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

VTOL' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.43   Med: 2.42   Max: 3.62
Current: 3.42

During the past 5 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Bristow Group was 3.62. The lowest was 0.43. And the median was 2.42.

VTOL's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
93.84% of 649 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.85 vs VTOL: 3.42

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


Bristow Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bristow 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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Bristow Group Graham Number Chart

Bristow Group Annual Data
Trend Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Dec23
Graham Number
- - 60.82 15.30 7.80

Bristow Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 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 16.04 17.18 24.28 22.59 8.09

Competitive Comparison of Bristow Group's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Bristow 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.


Bristow Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Bristow Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Bristow Group Graham Number Calculation

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

Bristow Group'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*29.095*0.093)
=7.80

Bristow Group'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*29.095*0.1)
=8.09

* 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.


Bristow Group  (NYSE:VTOL) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=27.70/8.09
=3.42

* 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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Bristow Group (Bristow Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3151 Briarpark Drive, 7th Floor, Suite 700, Houston, TX, USA, 77042
Bristow Group Inc is the provider of vertical flight solutions. It provides aviation services to a broad base of major integrated, national and independent energy companies. The company provides commercial search and rescue (SAR) services in multiple countries and public sector SAR services in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Additionally, it offers fixed wing transportation and other aviation related solutions. Its oil and gas customers charter its helicopters to transport personnel to, from and between onshore bases and offshore production platforms, drilling rigs and other installations. It has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the U.K and the United States.
Executives
Solus Alternative Asset Management Lp 10 percent owner 25 MAPLE STREET, 2ND FLOOR, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Wesley E. Kern director 5004 GREGORY PLACE, WEST LAKE HILLS TX 78746
Jennifer Dawn Whalen officer: SVP, CFO 13103 SHOALWATER LANE, PEARLAND TX 77584
David F. Stepanek officer: Executive VP and COO 2001 SE EVANGELINE THRUWAY, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Stuart Stavley officer: COO, Offshore Energy Services CITYCENTRE TWO, 818 TOWN & COUNTRY BLVD., SUITE 200, HOUSTON TX 77024
Elizabeth Matthews officer: See remarks. 3151 BRIARPARK DRIVE, SUITE 700, HOUSTON TX 77042
Brian D. Truelove director HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Christopher Scott Bradshaw director, officer: President and CEO CITYCENTRE TWO, 818 TOWN & COUNTRY BLVD., SUITE 200, HOUSTON TX 33316
George Mark Mickelson director 101 N. MAIN AVENUE, STE. 321, SIOUX FALLS SD 57104
Solus Gp Llc 10 percent owner C/O SOLUS ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT, 25 MAPLE STREET, 2ND FLOOR, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Christopher Pucillo director, 10 percent owner C/O SOLUS ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT, 25 MAPLE STREET, 2ND FLOOR, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Richard E Tatum officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 11700 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 175, HOUSTON TX 77079
Robert Manzo director PARK 80 W PLZ 2, SADDLE BROOK NJ 07663
Crystal L Gordon officer: SVP, General Counsel 945 BUNKER HILL, SUITE 650, HOUSTON TX 77024
Maryanne Miller director 3151 BRIARPARK DRIVE, SUITE 700, HOUSTON TX 77042