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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (Four Seasons Education (Cayman)) Graham Number : $49.34 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Four Seasons Education (Cayman) 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 Four Seasons Education (Cayman) is $9.4496. Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s graham number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $49.34. Therefore, Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.19.

The historical rank and industry rank for Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

FEDU' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19   Med: 2.29   Max: 2.92
Current: 0.19

During the past 8 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Four Seasons Education (Cayman) was 2.92. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 2.29.

FEDU's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
98.08% of 156 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.395 vs FEDU: 0.19

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


Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Graham Number can be seen below:

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* 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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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Graham Number Chart

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Annual Data
Trend Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Graham Number
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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Semi-Annual Data
Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
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 - - - - 49.34

Competitive Comparison of Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Graham Number

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'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.


Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Graham Number Calculation

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

Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*31.42*-2.047)
=N/A

Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*30.9*3.501)
=49.34

* 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.


Four Seasons Education (Cayman)  (NYSE:FEDU) 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.

Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=9.4496/49.34
=0.19

* 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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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (Four Seasons Education (Cayman)) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
309 Yuyuan Road, Room 1301, Zi'an Building, Jing'an District, Shanghai, CHN, 200040
Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc is engaged in the provision of after-school education services for kindergarten, elementary and middle school students. The company is a comprehensive educational enterprise that provides research practice services, educational informatization equipment, high-quality educational resources, and teacher training, as well as a digital publishing business, and continues to expand in educational research and educational informatization.