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SMART Global Holdings (SMART Global Holdings) Graham Number : $7.78 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is SMART Global Holdings 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of SMART Global Holdings is $18.34. SMART Global Holdings's graham number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $7.78. Therefore, SMART Global Holdings's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.36.

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

SGH' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67   Med: 2.19   Max: 4.44
Current: 2.36

During the past 9 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of SMART Global Holdings was 4.44. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 2.19.

SGH's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
57.66% of 633 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs SGH: 2.36

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


SMART Global Holdings Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for SMART Global Holdings'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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SMART Global Holdings Graham Number Chart

SMART Global Holdings Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 8.03 4.22 - 10.63 -

SMART Global Holdings Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 - - - - 7.78

Competitive Comparison of SMART Global Holdings's Graham Number

For the Semiconductors subindustry, SMART Global Holdings'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.


SMART Global Holdings's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



SMART Global Holdings Graham Number Calculation

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

SMART Global Holdings's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*-1.92*1.093)
=N/A

SMART Global Holdings's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1.886*1.425)
=7.78

* 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.


SMART Global Holdings  (NAS:SGH) 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.

SMART Global Holdings's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=18.34/7.78
=2.36

* 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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SMART Global Holdings (SMART Global Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1390 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA, USA, 94560
SMART Global Holdings Inc is a designer and manufacturer of electronic products focused on memory and computing technology areas. It specializes in application-specific product development and support for customers in the enterprise, government and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) markets. It operates in three segments such as Memory Solutions in which Memory Solutions group, under our SMART Modular brand, provides high performance and reliable memory solutions through the design, development and advanced packaging of leading-edge to extended lifecycle products. Intelligent Platform Solutions in their IPS group, under our Penguin Solutions and newly acquired Stratus Technologies brands, offers specialized platform solutions and services for high-performance computing.
Executives
Jack A Pacheco officer: EVP, COO, Pres, Mem Solutions SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES (WWH), INC., 4211 STARBOARD DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94538
Joseph Gates Clark officer: President, LED Solutions C/O SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Ken Rizvi officer: SVP and CFO 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560-4809
David C Laurello officer: President - IPS C/O SMART GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Mark Adams director, officer: President and CEO 834 TERRACE DRIVE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Anne Kuykendall officer: SVP and Chief Legal Officer C/O SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Sandeep Nayyar director C/O SMART GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Mary G Puma director AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 108 CHERRY HILL DRIVE, BEVERLY MA 01915
Thierry Pellegrino officer: SVP, Pres. Spec. Computing C/O SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Penny Herscher director 1001 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Mark D Papermaster director ONE AMD PLACE, SUNNYVALE CA 94088
Claude Demby officer: SVP, Pres. Cree LED C/O SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Ajay Shah director 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Mukesh Patel director C/O SMART GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Silver Lake (offshore) Aiv Gp Iii, Ltd. 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE PARTNERS, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025