GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Industrials » Aerospace & Defense » Axon Enterprise Inc (NAS:AXON) » Definitions » Graham Number

Axon Enterprise (Axon Enterprise) Graham Number : $42.07 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 2001. Start your Free Trial

What is Axon Enterprise 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of Axon Enterprise is $313.30. Axon Enterprise's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $42.07. Therefore, Axon Enterprise's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 7.45.

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

AXON' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.77   Med: 6.64   Max: 53.1
Current: 7.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Axon Enterprise was 53.10. The lowest was 3.77. And the median was 6.64.

AXON's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
94.24% of 191 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.61 vs AXON: 7.45

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


Axon Enterprise Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Axon Enterprise'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.

* Premium members only.

Axon Enterprise Graham Number Chart

Axon Enterprise 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 1.38 - - 19.69 35.53

Axon Enterprise Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.87 29.97 32.62 38.61 42.07

Competitive Comparison of Axon Enterprise's Graham Number

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Axon Enterprise'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.


Axon Enterprise's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Axon Enterprise's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Axon Enterprise Graham Number Calculation

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

Axon Enterprise'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*20.379*2.753)
=35.53

Axon Enterprise'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*20.379*3.86)
=42.07

* 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.


Axon Enterprise  (NAS:AXON) 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.

Axon Enterprise's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=313.30/42.07
=7.45

* 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.


Axon Enterprise Graham Number Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Axon Enterprise's Graham Number provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Axon Enterprise (Axon Enterprise) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
17800 North 85th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85255
Axon Enterprise Inc develops, manufactures, and sells conducted energy devices and cloud-based digital evidence management software designed for use by law enforcement, corrections, military forces, private security personnel, and private individuals for personal defense. The company operates in two segments: Taser and software & sensors. Taser develops and sells CEDs used for protecting users and virtual reality training. Software and sensors manufacture fully integrated hardware and cloud-based software solutions such as body cameras, automated license plate reading, and digital evidence management systems. Axon delivers its products worldwide and gets most of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Joshua Isner officer: EVP Global Sales 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Jeffrey C Kunins officer: Chief Product Officer 17800 NORTH 85TH STREET, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Brittany Bagley officer: CFO & CBO C/O SONOS, INC., 614 CHAPALA STREET, SANTA BARBARA CA 93101
Julie A Cullivan director 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Hadi Partovi director 9655 LAKE WASHINGTON BLVD NE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Erika Nardini director 1241 E MAIN ST, STAMFORD CT 06902-3520
Patrick W Smith director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7860 EAST MCCLAIN DRIVE, SUITE 2, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260-1627
Jeri Williams director 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Graham Smith director 301 BRANNMAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Mark W Kroll director PO BOX 23, CRYSTAL BAY MN 55323
Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski director 17800 NORTH 85TH STREET, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Michael Garnreiter director 6735 E. GREENWAY PARKWAY, UNIT #2049, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Luke Larson officer: Chief Marketing Officer 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Matthew R Mcbrady director
James Zito officer: Chief Financial Officer 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255

Axon Enterprise (Axon Enterprise) Headlines