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Vaso (VASO) Graham Number : $0.15 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vaso 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 (2024-06-02), the stock price of Vaso is $0.25395. Vaso's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.15. Therefore, Vaso's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.71.

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

VASO' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.87   Med: 1.41   Max: 4.25
Current: 1.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Vaso was 4.25. The lowest was 0.87. And the median was 1.41.

VASO's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
57.88% of 330 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.035 vs VASO: 1.69

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


Vaso Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vaso'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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Vaso Graham Number Chart

Vaso 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 - - - 0.19 0.19

Vaso Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.22 0.26 0.26 0.20 0.15

Competitive Comparison of Vaso's Graham Number

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Vaso'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.


Vaso's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Vaso's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vaso Graham Number Calculation

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

Vaso'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*0.056*0.03)
=0.19

Vaso's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*0.049*0.02)
=0.15

* 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.


Vaso  (OTCPK:VASO) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=0.25395/0.15
=1.71

* 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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Vaso (VASO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
137 Commercial Street, Unit 200, Plainview, NY, USA, 11803
Vaso Corporation is a medical technology company. It provides diverse product and service categories, including noninvasive monitoring and therapeutic devices, diagnostic imaging equipment, and information technology for enterprises and clinical customers. The company currently operates in three distinct business units namely IT; Professional sales and Equipment. It generates maximum revenue from the IT segment. IT segment focuses on healthcare IT and managed network technology services.
Executives
Leon Dembo director 137 COMMERCIAL STREET, SUITE 200, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Janey Moen director 137 COMMERCIAL STREET, SUITE 200, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Jun Ma director C/O VASOMEDICAL, INC., 180 LINDEN AVENUE, WESTBURY NY 11590
Edgar Rios director 1650 TYSONS BOULEVARD, SUITE 900, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Beecher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DIRECT INSITE CORP, 80 ORVILLE DRIVE, BOHEMIA NY 11716
Joshua Markowitz director 3131 PRINCETON PIKE, BLDG. 3D, SUITE 200, LAWRENCEVILLE NJ 08648
Jonathan P Newton officer: Vice Pres Finance & Controller 152 RICHMOND AVENUE, AMITYVILLE NY 11701
Peter C Castle director C/O NETWOLVES CORP, 4002 EISENHOWER BLVD, TEMPA FL 33634
David H Lieberman director 3061 INDUSTRY DR, LANCASTER PA 17603
Behnam Movaseghi director C/O KERNS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, 37-14 29TH STREET, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Nelson Randall Hill officer: Senior Vice President 3880 EAST COUNTY HIGHWAY 30A, UNIT 201, SANTA ROSA BEACH FL 24159
William Edward Dempsey director 52 PARK AVENUE, SANDYMOUNT L2 DUBLIN 4
David Tarachand Singh officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VASOMEDICAL, INC., 180 LINDEN AVENUE, WESTBURY NY 11590
Joseph Giacalone director
Derek Enlander director 88C UNION AVENUE, CENTER MORICHES NY 11934