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Western Acquisition Ventures (Western Acquisition Ventures) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Western Acquisition Ventures 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 (2024-06-09), the stock price of Western Acquisition Ventures is $11.30. Western Acquisition Ventures's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Western Acquisition Ventures's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Western Acquisition Ventures's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

WAVS's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.79
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

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


Western Acquisition Ventures Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Acquisition Ventures'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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Western Acquisition Ventures Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Western Acquisition Ventures's Graham Number

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Western Acquisition Ventures'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.


Western Acquisition Ventures's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Western Acquisition Ventures's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Acquisition Ventures's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Western Acquisition Ventures Graham Number Calculation

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

Western Acquisition Ventures'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*0.03*-0.205)
=N/A

Western Acquisition Ventures'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*0.03*-0.201)
=N/A

* 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.


Western Acquisition Ventures  (NAS:WAVS) 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.

Western Acquisition Ventures's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=11.30/N/A
=N/A

* 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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Western Acquisition Ventures (Western Acquisition Ventures) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
42 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10004
Western Acquisition Ventures Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Robin L Smith director C/O PHASE III MEDICAL, INC., 330 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 120, MELVILLE NY 11747
Adam K Stern director STERN AEGIS VENTURES, 810 7TH AVENUE 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Stephen Christoffersen director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 6261 KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 250, CYPRESS CA 90630
A.g.p. / Alliance Global Partners Corp. other: Underwriter 88 POST ROAD WEST, 2ND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
William F Lischak director, 10 percent owner, other: Chief Financial Officer 8800 SUNSET BLVD, 3RD FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90069
Western Acquisition Ventures Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner 42 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004
Ali Jahangiri director 42 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004
Ade Okunubi director 42 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004

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