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Equity Commonwealth (Equity Commonwealth) Graham Number : $19.04 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Equity Commonwealth 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 (2024-04-28), the stock price of Equity Commonwealth is $18.60. Equity Commonwealth's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $19.04. Therefore, Equity Commonwealth's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.98.

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

EQC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.98   Med: 2.57   Max: 6.34
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Equity Commonwealth was 6.34. The lowest was 0.98. And the median was 2.57.

EQC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
60.75% of 586 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs EQC: 0.98

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


Equity Commonwealth Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Equity Commonwealth'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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Equity Commonwealth Graham Number Chart

Equity Commonwealth 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 18.83 4.30 - 11.99 18.92

Equity Commonwealth 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 11.99 14.53 16.26 18.16 19.04

Competitive Comparison of Equity Commonwealth's Graham Number

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Equity Commonwealth'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.


Equity Commonwealth's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Equity Commonwealth's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Equity Commonwealth Graham Number Calculation

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

Equity Commonwealth'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*21.206*0.75)
=18.92

Equity Commonwealth'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*21.206*0.76)
=19.04

* 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.


Equity Commonwealth  (NYSE:EQC) 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.

Equity Commonwealth's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=18.60/19.04
=0.98

* 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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Equity Commonwealth (Equity Commonwealth) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Equity Commonwealth is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, ownership, and operation of primarily office buildings located throughout the United States. The vast majority of the company's real estate portfolio comprises office assets. These properties are fairly evenly dispersed between many of America's major urban markets, notably Washington, Austin, and Denver. Equity Commonwealth derives the vast majority of its income in the form of rental revenue from tenants occupying its offices. The company's largest tenants in terms of revenue generation include a variety of hiking, household goods, publishing, and financial firms.
Executives
Orrin S Shifrin officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary CWH MANAGEMENT LLC, 2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Andrew Levy officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O EQUITY COMMONWEALTH, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 2100, CHICAGO IL 60606
William H Griffiths officer: SVP, CFO & Treasurer C/O EQUITY COMMONWEALTH, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 2100, CHICAGO IL 60606
Ellen-blair Chube director 150 N. RIVERSIDE PLAZA, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gerald A Spector director C/O EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Adam Scott Markman officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Lozier James Lloyd Jr director 4616 DORSET RD, DALLAS TX 75229
David Helfand director, officer: President & CEO C/O MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES INC, 2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA #800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Jeffrey Douglas Brown officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 3726 AVALON TRAIL, LEBANON OH 45036
David S Weinberg officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer CWH MANAGEMENT LLC, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Samuel Zell director, other: Chairman of the Board TWO N RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Peter Linneman director 1696 N E MIAMI GARDENS DR, N MIAMI BEACH FL 33179
James A Star director
James Scott Corl director C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC, 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Martin L Edelman director C/O PAUL HASTINGS JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP, 75 EAST 55TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022

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