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Toast (TOST) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Toast 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 (2024-04-27), the stock price of Toast is $23.91. Toast's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Toast's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

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

TOST's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.22
* 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.


Toast Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Toast'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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Toast Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Toast's Graham Number

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Toast'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.


Toast's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Toast Graham Number Calculation

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

Toast'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*1.943*-0.474)
=N/A

Toast'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*1.943*-0.522)
=N/A

* 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.


Toast  (NYSE:TOST) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=23.91/N/A
=N/A

* 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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Toast (TOST) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
401 Park Drive, Suite 801, Boston, MA, USA, 02215
Toast is a U.S.-based restaurant technology company that provides point-of-sale, payment processing, and various software services to 99,000 restaurant locations across the United States at the end of September 2023. The firm generates sales from software subscription fees, as a percentage take rate from each financial transaction it processes, from loan origination and servicing fees from its Toast Capital arm, and from hardware installation and professional services. Unlike competitors, Toast intermediates every payment transaction on its platform, processing some $92 billion in gross platform volume in 2022. The firm's product offerings span point-of-sale systems, inventory and payroll management, delivery integration, e-commerce ordering, reservation management, and loyalty programs.
Executives
James Michael Matlock officer: Principal Accounting Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Brian R Elworthy officer: General Counsel TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Aman Narang director, officer: See Remarks TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Elena Gomez officer: Chief Financial Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Stephen Fredette director, officer: Co-President TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Christopher P Comparato director, officer: Chief Executive Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Bessemer Venture Partners Ix L.p. 10 percent owner C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS, 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
David Yuan director 250 MIDDLEFIELD RD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Mark J Hawkins director C/O LOGITECH, INC., 6505 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
Richard Kent Bennett director 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Technology Investment Dining Group, Llc 10 percent owner 18 BANK STREET, LEBANON NH 03766
Jonathan Grimm 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, SUITE 801, BOSTON MA 02215
Paul D Bell director C/O DELL INC., ONE DELL WAY, ROUND ROCK TX 78682-2244
Hmi Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Hmi Capital Partners, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O HMI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., 555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104