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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 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 (2024-04-27), the stock price of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is $1.04. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 12 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises was 1.61. The lowest was 1.61. And the median was 1.61.

BW's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.52
* 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.


Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises'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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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Graham Number

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises'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.


Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Graham Number Calculation

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

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises'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*-3.897*-0.99)
=N/A

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises'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*-3.897*-1.034)
=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.


Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises  (NYSE:BW) 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.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1.04/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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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1200 East Market Street, Suite 650, Akron, OH, USA, 44305
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is a power generation equipment supplier and servicing company that operates in three segments: B&W Renewable, B&W Environmental, and B&W Thermal. B&W Thermal, which focuses on steam generation products and solutions for plants in the power generation, oil and gas, and industrial sectors, generates the majority of the company's revenue. B&W Renewable focuses on sustainable power and heat generation while B&W Environmental focuses on emissions control. The company's customer base spans the industrial, electrical utility, and municipal industries located predominantly in the United States, Canada, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Business in the U.S. contributes the vast majority of its revenue.
Executives
Henry E Bartoli director, officer: Chief Strategy Officer 1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Christopher S Riker officer: Senior Vice President 1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Louis Jr Salamone officer: Chief Financial Officer 7925 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Joseph A Tato director 580 INDIAN HARBOR ROAD, VERO BEACH FL 32963
B. Riley Financial, Inc. 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Kenneth M Young officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC., 21255 BURBANK BLVD., SUITE 400, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Alan B Howe director 1155 KAS DRIVE SUITE 100, RICHARDSON TX 75081
John J Dziewisz officer: SVP & Corp. Secy. 1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Joseph T Buckler officer: Senior Vice President 1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Jimmy B Morgan officer: SVP, Babcock & Wilcox 1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Philip D Moeller director 2306 CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20016
Rebecca L Stahl director 2106 SOUTH BAY LANE, RESTON VA 20191
Brf Investments, Llc 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Brc Partners Opportunity Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD. SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Vintage Capital Management Llc 10 percent owner 4705 S APOPKA VINELAND ROAD SUITE 210, ORLANDO FL 32819

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