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Yakult Honsha Co (TSE:2267) Graham Number : 円2,520.17 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Yakult Honsha Co 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 (2024-05-02), the stock price of Yakult Honsha Co is 円3080.00. Yakult Honsha Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円2,520.17. Therefore, Yakult Honsha Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.22.

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

TSE:2267' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.21   Med: 1.95   Max: 3.24
Current: 1.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Yakult Honsha Co was 3.24. The lowest was 1.21. And the median was 1.95.

TSE:2267's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
62.5% of 72 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 1.595 vs TSE:2267: 1.22

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


Yakult Honsha Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yakult Honsha Co'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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Yakult Honsha Co Graham Number Chart

Yakult Honsha Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,664.26 1,788.15 1,821.72 2,077.92 2,390.82

Yakult Honsha Co 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 2,379.21 2,389.37 2,476.05 2,517.35 2,520.17

Competitive Comparison of Yakult Honsha Co's Graham Number

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Yakult Honsha Co'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.


Yakult Honsha Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Yakult Honsha Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Yakult Honsha Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Yakult Honsha Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*1579.693*160.819)
=2,390.82

Yakult Honsha Co'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*1793.709*157.371)
=2,520.17

* 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.


Yakult Honsha Co  (TSE:2267) 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.

Yakult Honsha Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=3080.00/2,520.17
=1.22

* 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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Yakult Honsha Co (TSE:2267) Business Description

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Address
1-19 Higashi Shimbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 105-0021
Yakult is a pioneer in probiotics, which launched the probiotic drinks Yakult in 1935 after Minoru Shirota's discovery of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota, a strain of lactic acid bacteria proved to be able to live in intestines, in 1930. It operates in 40 countries across four continents selling mainly the Yakult probiotic drinks. Apart from the retail outlets, the home delivery channel, served by a team of 83,000 Yakult Ladies globally, contributes about 45% of its probiotic drink volume. Overseas markets comprise 40% of group sales and profits. Yakult has built a meaningful presence in populated emerging markets including China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil. It plans to step up expansion in the U.S. It also operates a pharmaceutical business with an emphasis on oncology drugs.

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