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Sanderson Farms (Sanderson Farms) Graham Number : $303.11 (As of Apr. 2022)


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What is Sanderson Farms 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 (2024-04-26), the stock price of Sanderson Farms is $204.00. Sanderson Farms's graham number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was $303.11. Therefore, Sanderson Farms's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.67.

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

SAFM's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 1.27
* 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.


Sanderson Farms Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sanderson Farms'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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Sanderson Farms Graham Number Chart

Sanderson Farms Annual Data
Trend Oct12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 131.87 61.77 58.84 42.69 194.92

Sanderson Farms Quarterly Data
Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22
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 106.83 150.24 194.92 242.43 303.11

Competitive Comparison of Sanderson Farms's Graham Number

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Sanderson Farms'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.


Sanderson Farms's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sanderson Farms's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sanderson Farms Graham Number Calculation

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

Sanderson Farms's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*82.86*20.38)
=194.92

Sanderson Farms's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*105.651*38.65)
=303.11

* 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.


Sanderson Farms  (NAS:SAFM) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Apr. 2022 )
=204.00/303.11
=0.67

* 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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Sanderson Farms (Sanderson Farms) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
127 Flynt Road, Laurel, MS, USA, 39443
Sanderson Farms Inc is a dressed-chicken processor in the United States, producing and selling a variety of fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products to grocers, food-service operators, and distributors. Most revenue is generated in the Southeastern, Southwestern, Northeastern, and Western United States. The company's product portfolio consists of tray packs and large birds, catering to grocery and food-service customers. It sells chill-packed, ice-packed, bulk-packed, and frozen chicken in whole, cut-up, and boneless form under the brand name Sanderson Farms to retailers, distributors, and casual dining operators in the United States.
Executives
Toni D Cooley director 253 OLD JACKSON ROAD, MADISON MS 39110
Phil K Livingston director C/O SANDERSON FARM 225 N 13TH AVE LAUREL MS 39441-0998
John Bierbusse director 3500 NORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE #14A CHICAGO IL 60657
Lampkin Butts director, officer: Vice President, Sales C/O SANDERSON FARM 225 N 13TH AVE LAUREL MS 39441-0998
Robert C Khayat director PO BOX 1848 UNIVERSITY MS 38677
Sonia Perez director 127 FLYNT ROAD, LAUREL MS 39443
Jones Gail Pittman director C/O SANDERSON FARMS INC PO BOX 988 225 N 13TH AVE LAUREL MS 39441-0988
Green Edith Kelly director 3131 DEMOCRAT ROAD BLDG B206, MEMPHIS TN 38118
John David Barksdale director 127 FLYNT ROAD, LAUREL MS 39443
Banks Fred L Jr director 111 EAST CAPITOL STREET SUITE 600 JACKSON MS 39201-2122
Dianne Mooney director 7449 ASHLAND LANE BIRMINGHAM AL 35242
Suzanne T Mestayer director 1100 POYDRAS STREET NEW ORLEANS LA 70163
D Michael Cockrell director, officer: Treasurer & CFO C/O SANDERSON FARM 225 N 13TH AVE LAUREL MS 39441-0998
Beverly W Hogan director
Baker John H Iii director C/O SANDERSON FARMS INC 225 N 13TH AVE LAUREL MS 39441