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UFP Industries (UFP Industries) Graham Number : $85.45 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is UFP Industries 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 UFP Industries is $112.55. UFP Industries's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $85.45. Therefore, UFP Industries's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.32.

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

UFPI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.87   Med: 1.37   Max: 1.75
Current: 1.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of UFP Industries was 1.75. The lowest was 0.87. And the median was 1.37.

UFPI's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
72.68% of 183 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.88 vs UFPI: 1.32

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


UFP Industries Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for UFP Industries'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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UFP Industries Graham Number Chart

UFP Industries 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 31.97 40.73 69.50 91.18 85.50

UFP Industries 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 91.26 88.92 87.65 87.15 85.45

Competitive Comparison of UFP Industries's Graham Number

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, UFP Industries'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.


UFP Industries's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, UFP Industries's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



UFP Industries Graham Number Calculation

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

UFP Industries'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*40.261*8.07)
=85.50

UFP Industries'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*40.261*8.06)
=85.45

* 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.


UFP Industries  (NAS:UFPI) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=112.55/85.45
=1.32

* 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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UFP Industries (UFP Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2801 East Beltline Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 49525
UFP Industries Inc is a supplier of lumber to the manufactured housing industry. Today UFP Industries is a multibillion-dollar holding company with subsidiaries around the globe that serve three markets: retail, packaging and construction.
Executives
Patrick M. Benton officer: XVP UFP Eastern Div - North 2801 EAST BELTLINE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
William G Currie director 2801 EAST BELTINE N E, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49505
Michael R Cole officer: Chief Financial Officer 2801 EAST BELTLINE, N.E., GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Mary E Tuuk director 625 KENMOOR AVE SE, SUITE 301, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49456
Bruce A Merino director 3800 WEST CHAPMAN AVE, ORANGE CA 92868
David A. Tutas officer: Vice President Legal & Secty 2801 EAST BELTLINE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Matthew J Missad director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2801 EAST BELTLINE, N.E., GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Patrick M Webster officer: Pres. and Chief Operating Off. 2801 EAST BELTLINE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
William Danny Schwartz officer: Exec. VP, Operations Services 2801 EAST BELTLINE AVE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Allen T Peters officer: President, UFP Western Div 2801 EAST BELTLINE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Benjamin J. Mclean director 2801 E BELTLINE AVE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Scott T Bravata officer: Vice President Administration 2801 EAST BELTLINE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Michael G. Wooldridge director 2801 EAST BELTLINE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Donald L James officer: XVP National Sales 2801 EAST BELTLINE, N.E., GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Scott A Worthington officer: President, UFP Industrial, LLC 2801 EAST BELTLINE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525

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