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NVIDIA (NVIDIA) Graham Number

: $64.45 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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 (2024-04-18), the stock price of NVIDIA is $853.47. NVIDIA's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $64.45. Therefore, NVIDIA's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 13.24.

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

NVDA' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.49   Med: 6.29   Max: 13.27
Current: 13.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of NVIDIA was 13.27. The lowest was 1.49. And the median was 6.29.

NVDA's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
97.95% of 633 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.01 vs NVDA: 13.24

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


NVIDIA Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for NVIDIA'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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NVIDIA Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.69 12.50 26.24 17.81 63.86

NVIDIA Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 19.24 19.40 30.37 45.18 64.45

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, NVIDIA'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.


NVIDIA Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, NVIDIA's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



NVIDIA Graham Number Calculation

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

NVIDIA's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*15.193*11.93)
=63.86

NVIDIA's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*15.193*12.15)
=64.45

* 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.


NVIDIA  (NAS:NVDA) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=853.47/64.45
=13.24

* 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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NVIDIA (NVIDIA) Business Description

Address
2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95051
Nvidia is a leading developer of graphics processing units. Traditionally, GPUs were used to enhance the experience on computing platforms, most notably in gaming applications on PCs. GPU use cases have since emerged as important semiconductors used in artificial intelligence. Nvidia not only offers AI GPUs, but also a software platform, Cuda, used for AI model development and training. Nvidia is also expanding its data center networking solutions, helping to tie GPUs together to handle complex workloads.
Executives
Mark A Stevens director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Debora Shoquist officer: EVP, Operations C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Robertson Donald F Jr officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Dawn E Hudson director 2530 ZANKER ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
John Dabiri director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Jen Hsun Huang director, officer: President and CEO 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Kress Colette officer: Chief Financial Officer & EVP C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Melissa Lora director C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Tench Coxe director 755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200, PALO ALTO CA 94304
A Brooke Seawell director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, SANTA CLARA CA 94063
Harvey C Jones director 300 RIDGEVIEW DRIVE, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Persis Drell director 943 LATHROP PLACE, STANFORD CA 94305
Mark L Perry director 176 WEST BLITHEDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY CA 94941
Robert K Burgess director MACROMEDIA/ 600 TOWNSEND ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Michael G Mccaffery director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051