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Baker Hughes Co (Baker Hughes Co) Graham Number

: $14.96 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of Baker Hughes Co is $32.18. Baker Hughes Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.96. Therefore, Baker Hughes Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.15.

The historical rank and industry rank for Baker Hughes Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

BKR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78   Med: 1.65   Max: 2.51
Current: 2.15

During the past 9 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Baker Hughes Co was 2.51. The lowest was 0.78. And the median was 1.65.

BKR's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
86.84% of 646 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.85 vs BKR: 2.15

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


Baker Hughes Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Baker Hughes Co'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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Baker Hughes Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 26.83 - - 13.61

Baker Hughes Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.60 7.96 13.03 14.34 14.96

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Baker Hughes Co'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.


Baker Hughes Co Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Baker Hughes Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Baker Hughes Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Baker Hughes Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Baker Hughes Co'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*5.148*1.6)
=13.61

Baker Hughes Co'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*5.148*1.932)
=14.96

* 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.


Baker Hughes Co  (NAS:BKR) 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.

Baker Hughes Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=32.18/14.96
=2.15

* 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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Baker Hughes Co (Baker Hughes Co) Business Description

Address
17021 Aldine Westfield Road, Houston, TX, USA, 77073-5101
Baker Hughes is a global leader in oilfield services and oilfield equipment, with particularly strong presences in the artificial lift, specialty chemicals, and completions markets. It maintains modest exposure to offshore oil and gas production. The other half of its business focuses on industrial power generation, process solutions, and industrial asset management, with high exposure to the liquid natural gas market specifically, as well as broader industrials end markets.
Executives
Maria C Borras officer: EVP, Oilfield Services & Equip 2929 ALLEN PARKWAY, SUITE 2100, HOUSTON TX 77019
Regina Jones officer: Chief Legal Officer 7102 COMMERCE WAY, BRENTWOOD TN 37027
Lorenzo Simonelli director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77073
James E Apostolides officer: SVP, Enterprise Op Excellence 17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD RD, HOUSTON TX 77073
Rebecca L Charlton officer: SVP, Controller & CAO 17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77073
Nelda J Connors director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-1234
Mohsen Sohi director C/O STERIS CORPORATION, 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Michael R Dumais director 870 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
William G Beattie director GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 41 FARNSWORTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
John G Rice director GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 41 FARNSWORTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans director 6400 POPLAR AVENUE, MEMPHIS TN 38197
Cynthia B Carroll director C/O ALCAN INC., 1188 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, MONTREAL A8 H3A 3G2
Gregory D Brenneman director
Kurt Camilleri officer: SVP/Controller/Chief Acctg Off 17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77073
Sreeganesh Ramaswamy officer: EVP, Industrial & Energy Tech 5757 N. GREEN BAY AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53209

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