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AltC Acquisition (AltC Acquisition) Graham Number : $5.55 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is AltC Acquisition 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 (2024-05-13), the stock price of AltC Acquisition is $18.23. AltC Acquisition's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.55. Therefore, AltC Acquisition's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.28.

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

ALCC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.9   Med: 2.48   Max: 3.28
Current: 3.28

During the past 3 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of AltC Acquisition was 3.28. The lowest was 1.90. And the median was 2.48.

ALCC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
77.06% of 218 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: 1.99 vs ALCC: 3.28

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


AltC Acquisition Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for AltC Acquisition'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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AltC Acquisition Graham Number Chart

AltC Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
- 3.25 5.55

AltC Acquisition Quarterly Data
Feb21 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 2.97 4.41 5.44 5.78 5.55

Competitive Comparison of AltC Acquisition's Graham Number

For the Shell Companies subindustry, AltC Acquisition'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.


AltC Acquisition's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, AltC Acquisition's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



AltC Acquisition Graham Number Calculation

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

AltC Acquisition'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*6.845*0.2)
=5.55

AltC Acquisition'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*6.845*0.2)
=5.55

* 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.


AltC Acquisition  (NYSE:ALCC) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=18.23/5.55
=3.28

* 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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AltC Acquisition (AltC Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10019
AltC Acquisition Corp is a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
Executives
Peter Lattman director 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Samuel H. Altman director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 29 DORLAND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110
John L Thornton director C/O GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, 85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK NY 10004
Frances X Frei director ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC., 5008 AIRPORT RD, ROANOKE VA 24012
Michael Stuart Klein director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman C/O DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Allison Green director C/O GSV CAPITAL CORP., 2925 WOODSIDE ROAD, WOODSIDE CA 94062
M. Klein Associates, Inc. 10 percent owner 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Lee Jay Taragin officer: Chief Financial Officer 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Altc Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner C/O ALTC ACQUISITION CORP., 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019